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Auction 5. December 2023, 11.00 AM
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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.



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SELECTED RESULTS Porcelain & Ceramics

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

CHF 16 875

A MARKET STALL "MARCHAND DES DRAPS" FROM THE "VENETIAN FAIR” SERIES

Ludwigsburg, c. 1768-70. After designs by G. F. P. Riedel.
The interior painted with polychrome fabric bales, various fabric samples laid on the green-painted counter. The frame crowned by a cartouche with gold decoration and inscribed “Marchand des Draps”. Underglaze blue electoral hat with CC monogram.
16 × 14 × 7 cm

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

A206 / 1200
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A MARKET STALL "MARCHAND DES DRAPS" FROM THE "VENETIAN FAIR” SERIES
A MARKET STALL "MARCHAND DES DRAPS" FROM THE "VENETIAN FAIR” SERIES

CHF 20 000

A MARKET STALL "MARCHAND D'ESTAMPES" FROM THE "VENETIAN FAIR” SERIES

Ludwigsburg, c. 1768-70. After designs by G. F. P. Riedel.
The interior painted with engravings, the ceiling with manganese decoration. The frame crowned by a cartouche with gold decoration and inscribed “Marchand d’estampes". Underglaze blue electoral hat with CC monogram.
16 × 14 × 7 cm

CHF 21 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A206 / 1201
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A MARKET STALL "MARCHAND D'ESTAMPES" FROM THE "VENETIAN FAIR” SERIES
A MARKET STALL "MARCHAND D'ESTAMPES" FROM THE "VENETIAN FAIR” SERIES

CHF 21 250

LIDDED BEAKER WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION

Meissen, ca. 1725. Model by Johann Jakob Irminger. The paintwork in the style of Johann Gregorius Höroldt.
Modeled after a Böttger stoneware model, and relief-decorated with acanthus leaf and bellflowers all around. Painted with a circumferential chinoiserie scene, on a patch of green grass, featuring figures at a table on one side and a group of three figures on the back, and plants and flying insects between gold-accentuated bands and spiral borders in iron-red on the edges of the foot ring and the lid.
H 17 cm.

CHF 27 140 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A204 / 1081*
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LIDDED BEAKER WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION
LIDDED BEAKER WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION

CHF 27 140

RARE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER FROM THE DA LEZZE DINNER SERVICE

Meissen, ca. 1725. The paintwork can be attributed to Johann Gregorius Höroldt.
Painted with the Italian family coat of arms da Lezze, a double-headed eagle in schwarzlot, in a crowned heraldic cartouche, etched in gold. The tea bowl with a matching coat of arms and a chinoiserie scene. The inside of the tea bowl with a rocky pagoda landscape, with an iron-red double-ring border. Rims with gold lace border.
H 4.5 cm, Ø 12.6 cm.

CHF 22 260 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A204 / 1123*
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RARE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER FROM THE DA LEZZE DINNER SERVICE
RARE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER FROM THE DA LEZZE DINNER SERVICE

CHF 22 260

PIERROT FROM THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE

Fürstenberg, ca. 1753-54. Model by Simon Feilner.
The model after Jean-Antoine Watteau's painting, Gilles, from 1718. With the left foot forward, arms bent and hands hanging down. Without manufactory mark. Former's signature. F.J.i. for Ferdinand Jürgens incised, Inventory Number Lg.230. in iron-red.
H 20 cm.

CHF 7 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A204 / 1177
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PIERROT FROM THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
PIERROT FROM THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE

CHF 7 500

COFFEE POT WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION

Meissen, ca. 1723-28.
Both sides painted with chinoiserie scenes in gold cartouches. Without manufactory mark, gold number 10 on the bottom of the coffee pot.
H 20.5 cm.

CHF 21 650 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A202 / 1035
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COFFEE POT WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION
COFFEE POT WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION

CHF 21 650

RARE TEAPOT DESIGNED AS A JAPANESE BANTAM COCK

Meissen, ca. 1730. Model by J. G. Kirchner, the painting later, probably ca. 1735.
On a flat base, designed as a vine leaf with a green rim. The curved tail feathers cover an open back for pouring in the tea, which is served from the beak, in which the cock holds a blue kernel. The plumage is naturalistically staffed in dark brown, russet, and green over purple, the comb and the beak are painted red. The colorful kernels are painted in red, yellow and blue. Blue caduceus mark on the unglazed bottom.
H 15 cm, L 19 cm.

CHF 32 020 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A202 / 1059*
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RARE TEAPOT DESIGNED AS A JAPANESE BANTAM COCK
RARE TEAPOT DESIGNED AS A JAPANESE BANTAM COCK

CHF 32 020