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Lot 162

A Frankenthal figure of Venus with a vase, circa 1774

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

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A Frankenthal figure of Venus with a vase, circa 1774

Probably modelled by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, standing by a vase with floral drapery secured by a gilt band around her waist, flowers on a gilt hairband, the urn-shaped vase with a continuous sepia landscape with classical monuments and ruins, the gilt-edged handles with dolphin terminals, on a shaped oval, gilt-edged, stepped base, 29cm high, crowned CT monogram and 74 in underglaze-blue (replacement cover, some restoration) (2)

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See B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Frankenthaler Porzellan, vol. 1 (Die Plastik), no. 304, for a discussion of the model and the attribution to Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, and a similarly decorated example in the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums, Mannheim. The author notes (p. 557) a record of two large figures of Venus that were fired on 19 June 1774 in an experimental firing using a new porcelain paste. The figure of Venus bathing is also mentioned in the price list of 1777.

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