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A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710 image 1
A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710 image 2
A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710 image 3
Lot 37

A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710

2 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £22,500 inc. premium

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A fine Saxon engraved goblet and cover attributed to Johann Christoph Kiessling, Dresden, circa 1710

The round funnel bowl decorated in 'Hoch- und Tiefschnitt' with alternating oval panels of polished lenses and four different scrolling flowers and leaves, including a tulip, carnation, lotus and sunflower, on a matt ground, above a band of flutes, set on a faceted double-knopped stem between collars over a conical foot, the domed cover similarly decorated and with faceted knopped finial, 37cm high (2)

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.

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