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Lot 229

A Nymphenburg porcelain portrait cup and saucer depicting King Ludwig I of Bavaria, circa 1830

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £625 inc. premium

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A Nymphenburg porcelain portrait cup and saucer depicting King Ludwig I of Bavaria, circa 1830

After the famous portrait of the King in his Coronation Regalia dated 1826 by Joseph Karl Stieler, wearing an ermine cloak and the Order of St Hubert, within a formal neo-classical gilt border which in turn is placed on a burnished and tooled surface with a large band of stiff leafs and floral motifs, repeated on the gilt saucer, impressed shield mark and incised numerals, (handle missing, chip to rim) (2)

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Ludwig I (25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until 1848. He abdicated in favour of his son, Maximilian II. Ludwig I had a strong artistic and architectural interest. He was responsible for a new urban planning of Munich which saw not only new buildings but whole areas transformed into the new neo-classical style. Under supervision of architects Leo von Klenze and Friedrich von Gärtner, planning and layout of the Feldherrenhalle, Siegestor, the Königsplatz with Glyptothek and the Alte and Neue Pinakothek were all realised during the reign of Ludwig I.

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