Dresden

Johann Christian Neuber, A Gold Box set with 57 Numbered Gemstones, Dresden, c. 1785-1790. Gold, gemstones, andhardstones. 1.9 x 6 cm (0.7 x 2.4 in.). Courtesy GALERIE KUGEL at TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: Christie’s, New-York, 23 October 2008, lot 19. Literature: 2012. Published in Gold, Jasper and Carnelian, Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court, by Alexis Kugel, catalogue 177 NDB: Cf. A similar one in Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Johann... [Lire la suite]

DRESDEN.- An initial inspection of the jewels stolen from the Historisches Grünes Gewölbe (Historic Green Vault) and now handed over to Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) has shown that despite some damage to individual pieces, this has not diminished either their important place in art history or their international appeal. As the items of jewellery are still being used as evidence in the criminal proceedings, they may not yet be exhibited in public.As an SKD restorer testified at the main hearing on Tuesday,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1030. Small lidded bowl-saliere in agate, Dresden, ca. 17th century. Baroque. In the manner of Johann Melchior Dinglinger, Biberach, 1664 - 1731, Dresden; 9 x 4.5 x 8.5 cm. Estimate 5 000 / 8 000 (€ 4 390 / 7 020). © Koller Agate, in a gilt, in part polychrome enameled mount. Mother-of-pearl lid, applied with small snails, in a gilt mount. The inside with label: Sammlung Hoffenreich 211. Note: Johann Melchior Dinglinger, born on 3 December 1664, learned the goldsmith's trade in Ulm. He... [Lire la suite]

Lot 363. A rare Meissen decagonal bowl presented to the King of Sardinia, circa 1724. Diameter: 9 1/2 in. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the painting attributed to Johann Ehrenfried Stadler, the front of the exterior with a vignette of two Chinoiserie figures in a fenced garden, flanked by large sprays of flowers and embellished in Böttger lustre, the reverse with a vignette of two ducks among foliage, the interior with trailing flowering branches, and a foliate... [Lire la suite]

Parade bedroom, virtual reconstruction of the parade rooms of 1719, Dresden, 2014 © Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement (mic-vis.de, Studio für Visualisierung) DRESDEN.- August the Strong’s Royal State Apartments (Paraderäume) and the Porcelain Cabinet in the Turmzimmer (Tower Room) were opened on Saturday, 28 Saturday 2019, marking the culmination of the restoration of Dresden’s Residenzschloss, which started in 1986. The prestigious suite of rooms in the west wing – conceived by the Elector-King personally as a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. The Williams-Wynn Meissen Hen from the Royal Saxon Porcelain Menagerie. A Meissen white porcelain model of a hen with her chicks, 1732; 13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) high. Estimate 300,000 - GBP 500,000. Price realised GBP 467,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Naturalistically modelled by J.J. Kändler, with her head turned towards her tail, a chick preening itself on her back and further chicks peeping out from under her wings and feathers. Provenance: Commissioned by Augustus II... [Lire la suite]

Cassiopea frondescens, jellyfish, glass model, by Leopold Blaschka, Dresden, Germany, 1868, National Museum Of Scotland, Z.1868.42.19. © National Museums Scotland

Hippopode flava, jellyfish, glass model, by Leopold Blaschka, Dresden, Germany, 1868, National Museum Of Scotland, Z.1868.42.13. © National Museums Scotland.

Rhizophysa heliantha, siphonophore, glass model, by Leopold Blaschka, Dresden, Germany, 1868, National Museum Of Scotland, Z.1868.42.13. © National Museums Scotland.

Cyanea labiche, jellyfish, glass model, by Leopold Blaschka, Dresden, Germany, 1868, National Museum Of Scotland, Z.1868.42.5. © National Museums Scotland.