Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 237
A large Berlin ewer-shaped vase and cover, circa 1770, later decorated
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A large Berlin ewer-shaped vase and cover, circa 1770, later decorated
Urn-shaped, moulded on one side with a reclining woman attended by three putti, applied with colourful flowers and leaves trailing downwards from the rim, the moulded lower section heightened in gilding, the circular foot moulded with gilt-edged acanthus leaves and scrolls and trailing leafy branches with purple flowers, the cover moulded with foliate scrollwork heightened in brown and green against a fluted ground, applied with a foliate scrollwork handle with dragon head terminal, applied at the front with a putto and flowers, 56.5cm high, sceptre mark in underglaze-blue (handle restuck, rim of cover re-gilt, some losses) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
G. Rohloff Collection, Berlin;
Dr. K.H. Wadsack Collection
Literature:
E. Köllmann/M. Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (1987), vol. II, p. 563, fig. 513
