25 Nov 2009
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part 1
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The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part 1
Back to auction 18003
A very rare Meissen circular stand
circa 1725-30
Painted with three shaped chinoiserie panels around the rim, enclosed by a broad band of gilt foliate scrollwork with panels of Böttger lustre, with pendant swags of indianische Blumen in the well and a single flower sprig in the centre, the reverse with three trailing branches of indianische Blumen, 25.9cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
Painted with three shaped chinoiserie panels around the rim, enclosed by a broad band of gilt foliate scrollwork with panels of Böttger lustre, with pendant swags of indianische Blumen in the well and a single flower sprig in the centre, the reverse with three trailing branches of indianische Blumen, 25.9cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
Sold for
£48,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 14 June 1983, lot 127
Acquired in 1985
Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, I, no. 56
Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009
A closely similar stand was sold at Sotheby's London, 14 June 1983, lot 126.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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