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Lot 146

A rare Nymphenburg cup and saucer, circa 1765

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A rare Nymphenburg cup and saucer, circa 1765

Probably painted by Cajetan Purtscher with landscape vignettes with classical figures after Ovid partially surrounded by gilt scrollwork interspersed with flower sprays, the saucer depicting Apollo and Coronis, the cup depicting Mercury turning Battus into stone, gilt borders to the rims, impressed shield marks, impressed numerals (minor wear) (2)

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Provenance:
The Sperling Collection, Munich

Nymphenburg produced a variety of pieces using Ovid's 'Metamorphosis' as its inspiration, many of which after etchings by Johann Ulrich Krauß, see Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml (1997), p. 208. However, in this instance the source used were two engravings by Johann Wilhelm Baur from the first half of the 17th century. For some further saucers of the same type, see A. Ziffer (1997), nos. 595-598.

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