Ceramics

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GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
Ceramics
MEISSEN
4 0 9 . W i n e Bottle
Meissen manufactory, circa 1710-1715
By Johann Friedrich B φ t t g e r and modeled
by Johann D o n n e r
Stoneware
Painted underneath w i t h the black Johanneum m a r k 2 5 2 . over R. and impressed w i t h
the modeler's mark.
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 4 /s i n .
3
(11.1 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.231
PROVENANCE
Augustus the Strong, Elector o f Saxony,
Japanese Palace, Dresden (sold, Rudolph
Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin,
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October 12-14,1920, lot 59 or 60); [Kate
Foster, L t d . , England, 1985].
4 1 0 . Standing C u p and Cover
EXHIBITION
Meissen manufactory, circa 1710-1715
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
A t t r i b u t e d to Johann Friedrich Bφttger
September 1987 t o present.
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts
Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter: 4V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 201, p . 247, illus.
(11 cm)
Accession number 85.Di.286
PROVENANCE
[Bent Peter Bronιe, Copenhagen].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 202, p. 247, illus.
410
GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN
411. Teapot
413. Figure ([?] Beltrame
di
Milano)
Meissen manufactory, circa 1715-1720
Meissen manufactory, circa 1720
A t t r i b u t e d t o Johann Friedrich Bφttger
Hard-paste porcelain
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts and chain
Height: 6K i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 2 % i n .
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6V16 i n .
(6.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n . (6.5 cm)
(15.4 cm); D e p t h : \ A i n . (12.4 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D E . 542
5
7
Accession number 85.Di.287
P R O V E N A N C E
412
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bent Peter B r o n ι e , Copenhagen].
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 21).
412. Leaf-shaped D i s h
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 203, p . 247, illus.
Porcelain: Meissen manufactory, circa
1715-1720
Painted decoration: Breslau, circa 1715-1725
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),
no. 112, p . 215, illus.
Painting attributed to Ignaz Preissler
Hard-paste porcelain; painted decoration;
gilding
Height:
I /i6
9
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
(8.3 cm); D e p t h : 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)
3
Accession number 86.DE.541
P R O V E N A N C E
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 183).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f
Porcelain Decorated b y Ignaz Preissler i n
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, ioa-e; "Acquisitions/
1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987), no. i n , p. 215,
411
illus.
413
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GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
416. A s s e m b l e d Set o f F i v e Vases
414. W i n e Pot
Meissen manufactory, circa 1725
Meissen manufactory, circa 1730
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
Painting attributed to Johann Gregor
Gregor H φ r o l d t
H φ r o l d t ; largest vase molded by Schiefer
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
decoration; g i l d i n g
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6 % i n .
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
(17 cm); D e p t h : 3V2 i n . (8.9 cm)
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Accession number 85.DE.381
Elector o f Saxony. Largest lidded vase
incised w i t h Schiefers mark o f a cross w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
four dots.
Private collection, Torquay, England (sold,
L i d d e d Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n .
n
Bearne s A u c t i o n House, Torquay, M a y 2,
(37.3 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.1 cm); L i d d e d
1984, l o t 224); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
Vases .2-.3: Height: 1 ft. % i n . (32.2 cm);
London].
W i d t h : 7 /8 i n . (19.4 cm); Open Vases .4-.5:
5
Height: 10% i n . (27.6 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (i<)$6),
415
no. 204, pp. 247-248, illus.
415 B e l l
(17.8 cm)
Accession number 83.DE.334.1-.5
P R O V E N A N C E
Meissen manufactory, circa 1725-1730
Private collection (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
M a r c h 5,1957, l o t 123); [The A n t i q u e
Gregor H φ r o l d t
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1957]; Alamagna
Hard-paste porcelain, mauve and pale green
family, M i l a n , 1961-1982; [The A n t i q u e
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora­
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1982].
tion; gilding
Height: 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm); Diameter: ζ /ιβ i n .
3
7
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(6.5 cm)
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 16,
Accession number 85.DE.203
pp. 217-222, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 18, pp. 267-268,
P R O V E N A N C E
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frank­
furt am M a i n ; Christoph Hoffman-Frey,
Z u r i c h ; [Lovice Reviczky A . G., Z u r i c h ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
414
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi4 (1986),
no. 205, p. 248, illus.
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 153, illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
4i6
i 7 . P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Height: 1 ft. 2 i n . (35.5 cm); Diameter:
Vases: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
y /s i n . (20.1 cm)
Lids: Possibly Meissen porcelain replace­
Accession number 73.DE.65.1-.2
ments, circa 1760
One vase probably m o l d e d by Rehschuck
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
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PROVENANCE
Private collection, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
London, M a r c h 27,1973, lot 39); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony; each incised w i t h a cross
under the base; one vase w i t h a simple
cross (probably the m a r k o f the molder
Rehschuck), the other w i t h a cross hatched
at each extension.
One of a pair
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G E R M A N
CERAMICS:
M E I S S E N
418. E w e r a n d B a s i n
Meissen manufactory, circa 1740
Painting attributed to the studio o f Chris­
tian Frederich H e r o l d
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
T h e ewer and basin are both painted
beneath w i t h the crossed swords i n blue
o f the Meissen manufactory; both are
impressed w i t h the number 27.
Ewer: Height: 8 A i n . (21.2 cm); W i d t h :
l
8% i n . (20.6 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.5 cm);
Basin: Height: z A i n . (7.3 cm); W i d t h :
7
ι ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.918.1-.2
Ewer
418
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir H u g h Smithson, first Duke o f N o r t h ­
V a s e .1
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V a s e .2
419
umberland and Earl Percy (1714-1786);
by descent to Algernon Heber-Percy (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , October 30,1967,
lot 154); Dr. and M r s . E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss
(sold, Christie's, Geneva, November 12,
1976, l o t 197); (anonymous sale, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 25,1979, lot 177); private col­
lection, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
December 3,1984, l o t 275, to [The Antique
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n ] ) .
Basin
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B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porce­
lain of the Eighteenth Century (London,
1972), vol. ι, pp. 484-487; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 67, p. 183,
illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS
419. Pair o f Vases M o u n t e d w i t h Flowers
Bowls: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
PROVENANCE
Figure group: private European collection
Flowers: French (Vincennes manufactory),
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 2,1982,
circa 1745-1750
lot 168); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
M o u n t s : French (Paris), circa 1745-1749
1982].
Hard-paste porcelain bowls; polychrome
Parasol: Paul Schnyder von Wartensee,
enamel decoration; soft-paste porcelain
Switzerland; [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
flowers; gilt-bronze mounts
London, 1982].
Each b o w l painted o n the base w i t h the
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony. M o u n t s struck w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 1 ft. 3V8 i n . (39.7 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ι ft. 3/8 i n . (38.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
3
(34 cm)
Accession number 79.DI.59.1—.2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . A . Pfeiffer, " E i n Beitrag zur Quellenge­
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schichte des E u r o p δ i s c h e n Porzellans,"
Werden und Wirken: Ein Festgruss f٧r Karl
W Hiersemann (Leipzig, 1924), p. 285;
421. B o w l
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 17,
circa 1700
pp. 222-224, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Decoration: German (Breslau), circa
GettyMusJ12 (1984), no. 19, p. 268, illus.
1715-1720
PROVENANCE
Painted decoration attributed to
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);
Ignaz Preissler
[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York].
Hard-paste porcelain; underglaze blue and
black enamel painted decoration; gilding
Height: 2% i n . (7.3 cm); Diameter: 5 A i n .
7
(14.9 cm)
420. G r o u p o f "Japanese" Figures
Accession number 86.DE.738
Meissen manufactory, circa 1745
M o d e l by Johann Joachim Kandier
PROVENANCE
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Octave d u Sartel, Paris, before 1881 (sold,
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, June 4-9,1894,
A n y marks that m i g h t be under the base are
lot 151); (?) Familie v o n Parpart, Berlin
concealed by the irremovable gilt-bronze
(sold, Lepke, Berlin, M a r c h 18-22,1912,
mount.
lot 488, p i . 39); Des N o r d b φ h m i s c h e n
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45.1 cm); W i d t h :
Gewerbemuseums, Reichenberg (now
uVs i n . (29.5 cm); D e p t h : S Ae i n . (21.7 cm)
Liberec, Czech Republic), 1912; private
Accession number 83.Di.271
collection, Germany; [Kate Foster, L t d . ,
9
L o n d o n , 1986].
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