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Lot 155
Two rare and monumental Meissen vases emblematic of 'Spring', second quarter 19th century
3 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£40,000 - £60,000
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Two rare and monumental Meissen vases emblematic of 'Spring', second quarter 19th century
After the 18th-century models by J.J. Kaendler, each moulded with scrollwork and trellis pattern and decorated in pink, pale green and gilding, applied with elaborate flowers and classical figures, each cover with a bouquet of flowers, the larger vase with cover: 130cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model number 1065 and impressed numeral to one (some losses and restoration) (4)
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These monumental vases were originally modelled by J.J. Kaendler in the late 1740s. The vase emblematic of "Spring" is listed in Kaendler's work notes in November 1748: "Ein groß Ausatz Stück in gestalt einer Vase, 3 Ellen winiger 9 Zoll hoch und 1 Elle 12 Zoll breit, welches den Frühling vorstellet. Es ist besagte Vase um und um mit dn feisten Zierraten versehen, hauptsächlich das gantze Werk allenhalben auf Korp Arth durchbrochen, aus welchem Korbe die allerschönsten Blumen Ranken und Pouquets hervorkommen. Obenauf sitzet eine große Figur die Flora aufs sauberste vorgestellet, wie selbige Blumen ausstreuet und in der einen Hand einen Blumen Crantz hält, welches alles aifs sauberste auspoussiret ist."
Kaendler's work records do not survive after December 1748; it is probable that the vases emblematic of the remaining seasons were modelled early in 1749.
The model of 'Spring' is illustrated in the 1846 Meissen manufactory catalogue of 18th-century models, mostly of the rococo period (called "English taste"), that were revived from the mid 1820s at the behest of the English trade (see J. Kunze, "Die Bedutung des "englischen Handels" mit Porzellanen im "altfranzösischen Geschmack" der Meissen Manufaktur in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts," in Keramos 95 (1982): 37-50 and ill. 2.
A set of two vases ('Spring' and 'Summer') were sold in these rooms, 6 July 2023, lot 212. A set of all four vases was sold at Christie's New York, 21 Oct 2015, lot 227, and a single one emblematic of Spring sold at Christie's London, 22 Sep 2022, lot 195.
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