Lot 725
  • 725

A FRANKENTHAL PORCELAIN MODEL OF A CHINESE PAVILION, CIRCA 1770 |

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • 39cm., 15 3/8 in. high
modelled by Karl Gottlieb von Lück, formed of a central raised pavilion with four fruit pickers climbing curving stairs, supported on a grassy rockwork base applied with yellow melons, crowned CT monogram in underglaze-blue,

Provenance

With Gerhard Röbbig, Munich (paper label inscribed 49.)

Condition

In overall good appearance. The smaller upper canopy of the pavilion has been restored at the four posts and the finial. There are repaired losses to the blue ribbons. To the plant in the right of the illustration, a leaf has been re-stuck, and another is lacking. To a section of the railing at the front there is spray to the upper part. To the pierced fence in the left of the illustration there is some spray to the top edge of the railing. The tip of the guitar held by one figure has been restored. There is an extended firing crack in the underside of the base.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note

Three examples of this model are recorded in museum collections; one is in the Munich Residenz, which reputedly was produced for Carl Theodor, Prince-Elector and Count of the Palatine, patron of the Frankenthal factory, published by Friedrich H. Hofmann, Frankenthaler Porzellan, Band II, Munich, 1911, taf. 115, no. 469; a second from the Jack and Belle Linsky collection is in the Metropolitan museum, New York, acc. no. 1982.60.294, published in the collection catalogue, New York, 1984, pp. 286-287, no. 229; a third slightly varying example is in the Schlossmuseum, Mannheim. A fourth example was sold at Christie's Geneva, 12th November 1976, lot 228. Another equally ambitious model of a pavilion was conceived by Lück, see the example sold in these rooms, the Property of Henry Jacob, Esq. (by order of the Executors), 1st June 1951, lot 87; and that in the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum in Mannheim.