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Porcelain and faience have been an important part of Koller’s auctions since its founding, reflecting the long tradition of serious ceramic collecting in Switzerland. Many important collections of porcelain and faience have been offered by Koller, including works from the Dr Siegfried Ducret collection, the Dr Paul and Ursula Müller-Frei collection, and the collection of René and Friederike Felber.

Works from Meissen, Sèvres, Strasbourg, Nymphenburg, Du Paquier, Zurich, as well as Italian Maiolica and creations from Imperial Russia are avidly sought after by a discerning buying public, sometimes attaining record prices: for example, a rare and important Meissen ‘crinoline’ group from the Müller-Frei collection sold for a record CHF 214 000. Among the other highlights in recent years are a rare Meissen candlestick modelled by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner that sold for CHF 78 000, a large Meissen figure of a great crested grebe modelled by Kändler that changed hands for CHF 144 000, and an important Meissen travel service bearing the arms of the Venetian patrician family Correr sold for CHF 114 000.

Sabine Neumaier, Head of Department for Porcelain & Faience, is available to estimate single items or entire collections for our upcoming auctions. Our Decorative Arts auctions are held in March and September. Consignments are accepted until mid-January for our March auctions, and late July for our September sales.

Next Auctions

18 September 2025. Would you like to sell European Porcelain and Ceramics in our September auction? Contact us before mid-July for a no-obligations estimate.


Valuations / Consignments

Sabine Neumaier, porcelain specialist at Koller

If you wish to consign to one of our auctions, we will value your artworks free of charge. Please send us photos if possible, or call us. We will arrange an appointment to view your property at your home or in one of our offices in Zurich, Geneva, Florence, Munich or Düsseldorf. You will then receive our auction estimates so that you can make your decision.

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Top results from past sales

SELECTED RESULTS Porcelain & Ceramics

IZNIK POTTERY PLATE WITH BLUE DECORATION

Turkey, Ottoman Empire, ca. 1560–70.
Painted in a greyish blue, the center with a rosette and radial, stylized leaf decoration with pointed arches in a double-lined border, surrounded with seven floral motifs. Stylized “breaking waves” border on the lip. The back with alternating chinoiserie and leaf decoration. The foot ring with a drilled hole for mounting.
Ø 28 cm.

CHF 36 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A212 / 1039
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IZNIK POTTERY PLATE WITH BLUE DECORATION
IZNIK POTTERY PLATE WITH BLUE DECORATION

CHF 36 250

A PAIR OF HARE

Meissen, ca. 1750. Design by J. J. Kändler.
Each on the lookout with erect ears, the buck sitting erect, the doe tensed, resting on her haunches, the fur naturalistically hatched and painted in shades of brown. Colorfully painted on elongated terrain pedestals decorated with applied flowers and leaves. Underglaze-blue sword marks on the backs of the pedestals.
H 14.5 cm, 16 cm.

CHF 37 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A212 / 1188*
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A PAIR OF HARE
A PAIR OF HARE

CHF 37 500

TWO FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL LIDDED TUREENS DESIGNED AS DUCKS

Strasbourg, Paul Anton Hannong, ca. 1745–54. Model by Johann Wilhelm Lanz (1748–54).
Naturalistically modeled, almost as a pair, the drake in colorful plumage, the hen in monochrome, both finely painted and hatched. The drake's lid and tureen marked 12 in underglaze blue. The hen with handwritten inventory number XVI, 312.
H 28 cm, L 37 cm, 35 cm.

CHF 50 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A212 / 1191*
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TWO FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL LIDDED TUREENS DESIGNED AS DUCKS
TWO FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL LIDDED TUREENS DESIGNED AS DUCKS

CHF 50 000

PROVENANCE PRIVATE COLLECTION LAKE GENEVA RARE COVERED BOWL AND STAND ("OLIENBECHER")

Meissen, ca. 1723-24.
Conical tureen with angular handles and a finial. Very finely painted with quatrefoil cartouches flattened at the sides above a gold-tipped console with brown luster and iron-red embossed feathered leaves, depicting various chinoiserie scenes on a planted terrace with large-figure, amusing Chinese scenes on the edge of the cartouches. The cover, tureen and platter with corresponding gold lace borders. The inside of the tureen with a brown luster ground, a gold lace border on the upper rim, a bird in gold on both parts and a gold-leaf decoration on the lid. Two flowering branches in iron-red and green on the underside of the platter. Both foot rings and the lid rim with a gilt silver mount. Underglaze blue sword mark and .K.P.M. on the underside of the tureen, platter unmarked.
11.5 × 10.5 cm, Ø 17.5 cm.

CHF 27 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A210 / 1128
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PROVENANCE PRIVATE COLLECTION LAKE GENEVA RARE COVERED BOWL AND STAND ("OLIENBECHER")
PROVENANCE PRIVATE COLLECTION LAKE GENEVA RARE COVERED BOWL AND STAND ("OLIENBECHER")

CHF 27 500

PROVENANCE PRIVATE COLLECTION LAKE GENEVA ROYAL CASSEROLE, “REINTEL” WITH PLATTER

Meissen, probably ca. 1745-50, model by J. J. Kändler.
Each piece is painted with the Royal Alliance coat of arms of Poland, Saxony and Habsburg. Painted with Watteau scenes in the island style, courtly figures in park landscape vignettes and “Deutsche Blumen” with gold latticework borders on the rim. The finial of the lid applied with a sculpted lemon finial with leaves. On three legs with scrolled feet. Underglaze blue sword marks, press number 22 on the platter.
Ø 15,7 cm, 26,6 cm.

CHF 32 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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A210 / 1171
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PROVENANCE PRIVATE COLLECTION LAKE GENEVA ROYAL CASSEROLE, “REINTEL” WITH PLATTER
PROVENANCE PRIVATE COLLECTION LAKE GENEVA ROYAL CASSEROLE, “REINTEL” WITH PLATTER

CHF 32 500

A PAIR OF PORCELAIN BUDAIS

Venice, Geminiano Cozzi (1764-1812) Manufactory, ca. 1800.
The female figure has topknot, her green-lined coat features a rosette decoration in purple and yellow, edged in gold. The mail figure is wearing a coat with a textile decoration in purple and blue with gilded edges. Without marks.
H 13,5 cm, 13 cm.

CHF 27 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A210 / 1214*
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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN BUDAIS
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN BUDAIS

CHF 27 500

TULIP VASE

Delft, De Griekse A manufactory, Pieter Adriaenus Kocxs, 1701-22.
Heart-shaped, with lateral handles designed as dragons. On a profiled base with a rectangular convex plinth and five faceted nozzles. Painted in the Imari style in blue and iron red, and with gold highlights. The base with lambrequin decoration in alternating blue and iron red. The edges of the nozzles are gilt. Marked in iron red with the monogram PAK .
24.2 × 26 cm.

CHF 17 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A208 / 1046
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TULIP VASE
TULIP VASE

CHF 17 500

A FAIENCE TULIP VASE WITH DOLPHIN HANDLES

Delft, “De Dubbelde Schenkkan”, Jan Pietersz, c. 1670-1700.
Heart-shaped with side dolphins and seven cylindrical spouts with projecting rim. On a rectangular, flared base with knop. Painted in blue with a putto each between scattered leaves, flowers and leaf tendrils. Blue mark VL12p. in blue.
25 × 30 cm.

CHF 13 750 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A206 / 1069*
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A FAIENCE TULIP VASE WITH DOLPHIN HANDLES
A FAIENCE TULIP VASE WITH DOLPHIN HANDLES

CHF 13 750

A SET OF CHESS PIECES

Meissen, mid-18th century.
Set of 32 figures in oriental dress representing two opposing armies, wearing knee-length waistcoats over harem trousers, set on rocaille bases heightened in gold. Decorated in copper-green, purple, and gold on one side and in purple, yellow, and gold on the opposite side. The king with crown, the queen with fur-trimmed cloak, the bishops with spear and sword, the pawns with bow and arrow and sword. The knight as a Turk on a rearing horse, and the rook as a cone on a profiled base, decorated with a brickwork pattern. Unmarked. (32)
H king 7 cm, pawn 6 cm.

CHF 20 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A206 / 1131
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A SET OF CHESS PIECES
A SET OF CHESS PIECES

CHF 20 000

A "SEA LIFE" CHESS SET

Meissen, design by Professor Max Esser (1885-1943) from 1923, executed 1935-47.
The chessboard in grey and white, the playing field adorned with gold edges, the sides modelled with two octopus heads and wave motifs on the opposite sides. The 32 chess pieces in the form of marine animals, decorated in orange-red and gold on one side and in dark grey and gold on the opposing side: the king and queen modelled as sea anemones, the knights as seahorses, the bishops as lobsters, the rooks as octopuses, and the pawns as starfish. Underglaze blue sword marks, impressed form numbers A1083 and A1082, moulder numbers. (33)
Chessboard 52 × 52 cm. H king 8.5 cm, pawn 2 cm.

CHF 16 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A206 / 1154
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A "SEA LIFE" CHESS SET
A "SEA LIFE" CHESS SET

CHF 16 875