20th Sep, 2023 10:00

Interiors, Homes & Antiques
 
Lot 203
 

THREE PARTS OF A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN TABLE CENTREPIECE, 19TH CENTURY

THREE PARTS OF A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN TABLE CENTREPIECE, 19TH CENTURY, depicting Bacchanalian scenes, after the models by J.J. Kaendler of 1761, comprising three pieces that qould have surrounded the central section, depicting revellers including fauns and a goat, surrounded by vines, each on a rocky naturalistic base, with inscribed numbers verso '3', 'III', and 'V', one inscribed to the underside 'No 2824', the other two with underglazed blue crossed swords. (3)
Largest 24cm high x 22cm wide x 18cm deep
Notes: Based on the centrepiece ordered by Frederick the Great in April 1761 for a large table service of 'preussisch-musikalische Dessin', which was subsequently given to one of his generals, Hans-Joachim von Ziethen; parts of the centrepiece were in the von Klemperer Collection, Dresden (destroyed in WWII, the fragments were sold at Bonhams in December 2010, lot 69). The same model was also used for a similar service for Frederick with red instead of green borders, of which part of the centrepiece is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (see S. Wittwer, 'Hat der König von Preßen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret', in Keramos 2018 (2010), pp. 51ff. and ill. 51 for the centrepiece in the V & A).
Similar examples have also sold at Bonhams in 2021 and Sotheby's in 1999.

(Quantity:3)

Dimensions: Largest 24cm high x  22cm wide x 18cm deep

Sold for £938

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