Japanese Palace

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]

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]

Lot 7. A rare Meissen Böttger stoneware black-glazed Kendi, circa 1710-13; 16.3cm high, black cold-painted Japanese Palace inventory number 64./ P. Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000. Sold for £ 82,562 (€ 92,039). © Bonhams. After a Chinese Yixing stoneware original, the globular body with a quilin head spout and tall cylindrical neck with flared rim, decorated in the workshop of Martin Schnell, Dresden, in imitation of lacquer with a black glaze, the body moulded with flowering plants issuing from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 236. A rare pair of Meissen candlesticks, circa 1735. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 11,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's each of baroque metal form, painted in a Kakiemon palette with the 'wheatsheaf' pattern, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised workers' marks, incised and painted Japanese Palace inventory numbers N=221 W in black. heights 9 3/8 in., 23.8 cm. Provenance: The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, DresdenCollection... [Lire la suite]

Meissen porcelain manufactory. Plate from the 'Yellow Hunting Service', Meissen , circa 1730. Hard paste porcelain. Diameter 24.8 cm. Marked with crossed swords in underglaze-blue, incised and incised Japanese Palace inventory number N-148-/ W. Michele Beiny at TEFAF 2016 © TEFAF Maastricht, 2015 Sèvres porcelain manufactory. Pair of vases (vases griffes de Lyon), 1775. Hard paste porcelain. Height 38.8 and 38.3 cm. Height with base 42.3 and 41.8 cm. Width 22... [Lire la suite]

A very rare Meissen dish, circa 1727-30. Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 (€28,000 - 42,000). Photo: Bonhams. Painted in the manner of Johann Ehrenfried Stadler, of fluted moulded shape decorated with banded hedges, sprouting bamboo, peony and a lion surrounded by birds in underglaze-blue and overglaze colours, 26cm diam, incised N=6/ W (small rim chip) Provenance: The Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden Notes: This plate is listed in the 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace among four moulded... [Lire la suite]

A fine Meissen yellow-ground plate from the "Yellow Hunting" service, circa 1730. Photo: Bonhams. The well with a chrysanthemum-shaped reserve painted in Kakiemon style with a phoenix enclosed by three flowering bushes, the brown-edged rim reserved with three quatrefoil panels painted with similar flowering plants, 24.8cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised / inside footrim, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N-148-/ W (scattered very minor wear). Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 (€23,000 - 28,000) Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

A rare Meissen armorial circular dish from the 'Coronation Service', circa 1733-34. Photo: Bonhams. The centre painted with the quartered Arms of Saxony and Poland within a crowned escutcheon and scattered flowers and banded hedges in Kakiemon style, the rim with a broad band of elaborate gilt scrollwork, 22.5cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised Dreher's mark x for Johann Daniel Rehschuh, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=147-/ W, Schloss Moritzburg inventory number I.C.78 in red enamel (minor... [Lire la suite]

A Meissen circular dish from the 'Gelber Löwe' service, 1729-31. Photo: Bonhams. Painted in Kakiemon style with a tiger curling around bamboo facing flowering prunus branches issuing from a tree-stump, brown-edged rim, 23.5cm diam., crossed swords mark in blue enamel, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=8-/ W. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (€7,500 - 10,000) Provenance: The Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden;Anon. sale, Sotheby's Zürich, 10 December 1997, lot 411 For a comprehensive discussion of the history... [Lire la suite]

A rare Meissen deep plate from the "Red Dragon" service, circa 1730. Photo: Bonhams. Painted in iron-red and gilding with dragons and auspicious symbols around the rim and two phoenixes in the centre, 23cm diam., crossed swords mark in blue enamel, incised Dreher's mark x for Johann Daniel Rehschuh, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=74-/ W. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (€7,400 - 9,900) Provenance: The Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden For a detailed discussion of the origins and history of the 'Red... [Lire la suite]