Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 118
A rare Cozzi plate, circa 1770
1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Raphael Machiels
Associate Specialist
A rare Cozzi plate, circa 1770
Decorated in Kakiemon style with the Gelber Löwe pattern in imitation of Meissen porcelain, 24.2cm diam, red anchor mark to the reverse
Footnotes
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, 2020, Vol.3, p.293
For a comprehensive discussion of the history of the Meissen Gelber Löwe service in the 18th century, see Julia Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, Vol.II, 2013, pp.265-274. The Gelber Löwe pattern was first produced at Meissen after a Japanese porcelain original as part of the large order placed by the Paris merchant, Rodolphe Lemaire, for copies of Asian porcelain. A large quantity of plates and dishes painted in this style were among the porcelain confiscated in April 1731 in the house of Lemaire's accomplice at the Dresden court, Count von Hoym, and subsequently sent to the Japanese Palace. In 1739, a substantial group of Gelber Löwe porcelain was removed from the Japanese Palace to the Hofconditorei, probably for use in Warsaw on the dessert table.
The pattern met with great favour in Europe and was taken up by various other porcelain manufactories, including the Cozzi factory. Two other plates are illustrated in M. Ansaldi and A. Craievich, Geminiano Cozzi e le sue Porcellane, 2016, p.185, nos.22-23.
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