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A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710
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A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710
Footnotes
Johann Christoph Kiessling (died 1744) was court engraver at Dresden between circa 1717 and 1744.
Provenance:
The Otto Dettmers Collection, Bremen, sold at Sotheby's, 23 November 1999, lot 46
Exhibited:
Düsseldorf, 1968-69: 'Meisterwerke der Glaskunst aus internationalem Privatbesitz', Städtische Kunsthalle, catalogue, p.88, fig.239, illustrated p.91.
A goblet and cover illustrated by Gisela Haase, Sächsische Glas (1988), p.336, fig.167, exhibits a similar style of relief-cut decoration. Compare also with the examples illustrated by W.Holzhausen, 'Sächsische Gläser des Barock', Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, VIII (1954), pp.116ff.















