A Meissen porcelain tureen with straw flower decor - image-1
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Lot 1578 Dα

A Meissen porcelain tureen with straw flower decor

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.125 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain tureen with straw flower decor

With original lid; the finial formed as a kneeling putto with a cornucopia. Lesser used oval tureen, the shell handles with asparagus and cauliflower relief. Unglazed base, blue crossed swords mark with dot and Mö to the interior. Minor chips to the reliefs, one handle restored. H 17.7, S 27, D 15.4 cm.
After 1763.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Illus. in Schneider (ed.), "Kobaltblau" Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus einer rheinischen Privatsammlung, Aachen 2001, cat. no. 46.
A tureen with an identical putto finial from a dinner service housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (in den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, no. 240).

Exhibitions

Couven-Museum Aachen 30th June to 30th September 2001.
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster 2001.