Lot 1059 - A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday, 26. March 2026, 01.30 PM
AN EARLY ECUELLE WITH SAUCER
Meissen, ca. 1723–25. Painted in the style of Johann Ehrenfried Stadler and Johann Georg Heintze.
The tureen is painted with early harbor scenes in quatrefoil gold cartouches with Böttger luster and iron-red feathered leaves, between Indian-style flowering shrubs in the intermediate fields, with the scenes repeated on the lid in an iron-red double-ring border. The saucer features a round medallion in the well, featuring a Chinese pagoda landscape in a gold border with Böttger luster and iron-red feathered leaves, the lip with quatrefoil cartouches depicting a merchant scene, gilt dentil rim in the intermediate fields and on the rims. Underglaze blue sword marks, gold number 3. on all pieces.
Ø tureen 13.7 cm, saucer 22 cm.
Small star-shaped crack on the underside of the saucer.
Provenance:
An almost identical saucer was formerly in the collection of La Baronne Alix de Rothschild (Christie's London, An Important Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 28 June 1976, Lot No. 173, later at Bonhams, 3 December 2020, Lot No. 51).
CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)
Sold for CHF 6 875 (including buyer's premium)