Faïence & Porcelaine européenne/European Ceramics

Lot 166. A Meissen pierced dessert plate from the 'Japanese Service' for the Chinese House at Sanssouci, circa 1763, 24.7cm., 9 3/4 in. diam. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Photo: Sotheby's painted with a vignette of an exotic bird perched on a branchwithin a blue edged border, the spirally-moulded rim with a yellow-ground diaper border edged in puce scrollwork, with six pierced trellis bands, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 56 Provenance: With Ulrich Gronert... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. A Meissen pierced dessert plate from the 'Japanese Service' for the Chinese House at Sanssouci, circa 1763, 25cm., 9 7/8 in. diam. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Photo: Sotheby's crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 56. Provenance: With Ulrich Gronert Kunsthandel, Berlin;acquired from the above in the late 1990s. Sotheby's. From Earth to Fire, London, 04 May 2017, 10:30 AM

Lot 164. A Meissen pierced dessert plate from the 'Japanese Service' for the Chinese House at Sanssouci, circa 1763, 24.7cm., 9 3/4 in. diam. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Photo: Sotheby's painted with a vignette of a duck within a blue edged border, the spirally-moulded rim with a yellow-ground diaper border edged in puce scrollwork, with six pierced trellis bands, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 56. Provenance: With Ulrich Gronert Kunsthandel, Berlin;acquired... [Lire la suite]

Lot 163. A Meissen pierced dessert plate from the 'Japanese Service' for the Chinese House at Sanssouci, circa 1763, 25cm., 9 7/8 in. diam. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Photo: Sotheby's painted with a vignette of an exotic bird perched on a branch within a blue edged border, the spirally-moulded rim with a yellow-ground diaper border edged in puce scrollwork, with six pierced trellis bands, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 56, Provenance: With Ulrich Gronert... [Lire la suite]

Lot 192. A Meissen oval tureen and cover, circa 1735-45, 32.5cm, 12 3/4 in. across handles. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000. Photo: Sotheby's.  of baroque form after a model by J. J. Kändler, the bowl with twin female mask and feather handles, well painted with large reserves of figures beside a large watermill or a fortified ruin, within elaborate black enamel, gilt and Böttger-lustre borders, framed by long sprigs of Kakiemon flowers, the domed cover with tall gilt acanthus knop and four similar reserves, one... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. A Meissen puce-ground quatrefoil bowl, circa 1735, 16.5cm., 6 1/2 in. wide. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000. Photo: Sotheby's.  reserving four quatrefoil cartouches of chinoiserie figures at various pursuits, the interior of the bowl with a similar scene with a Böttger-lustre filled frame enriched with puce and iron-red scrollwork, gilded scrollwork border at interior rim, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised // mark to inside edge of footrim.   Sotheby's. From Earth to Fire, Londres, 04 mai... [Lire la suite]

Lot 24. A Meissen yellow-ground écuelle, cover and stand, circa 1750, the stand 17.5cm., 6 7/8 in. diam., the écuelle 15.6cm., 6 1/8 in. across handles. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000. Photo: Sotheby's.  painted in the manner of Johann Gottfried Klinger with cut flowers in quatrefoil panels edged in enamel, the ear-shaped handles and finial picked out in gilding, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, Quantité: 3 Provenance: The Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Collection (by repute);With... [Lire la suite]

Lot 23. A Meissen puce-scale ground écuelle, cover and stand, circa 1755-60, the stand 21cm., 8 1/4 in. diam., the écuelle 16.5cm., 6 1/2 in. across handles. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000. Photo: Sotheby's.  of circular form surmounted with a strawberry finial, the handles formed as interlocking tendrils tied with ribbons, finely painted with scenes of birds in landscapes, within tooled foliate scroll borders, the scale-ground highlighted in gilding, the stand rim pierced with panels of flower baskets and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 22. A Meissen Hausmaler two-handled beaker and saucer, circa 1725. Estimate 800 — 1,200. Photo: Sotheby's.  painted in underglaze-blue in the 'Fels und Vogel' pattern and embellished with tooled gilding in Augsburg, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue. Quantité: 2 Sotheby's. From Earth to Fire, Londres, 04 mai 2017, 10:30 AM

Lot 21. A Meissen Hausmaler waste bowl, circa 1725, 16.7cm., 6 5/8 in. diam. Estimate 1,200 — 1,800. Photo: Sotheby's.  decorated in tooled gilding probably in the workshop of Bartholomäus Seuter, with vignettes of oriental figures in landscapes at various pursuits with mythical creatures in flight above, on scrollwork pedestal supports, flanked by birds, the interior with similar scene.  Sotheby's. From Earth to Fire, Londres, 04 mai 2017, 10:30 AM