Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
A MEISSEN GILT-MOUNTED SCENT BOTTLE CIRCA 1725
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October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
A MEISSEN GILT-MOUNTED SCENT BOTTLE CIRCA 1725
in the form of a curved powder flask, painted in the manner of Johann Gregorius Höroldt, on each side with Chinoiserie scenes depicting figures in multi-tiered pagodas engaged at various pursuits between raised ribs edged in Böttger lustre, and multi-colored stripes, the tip of the flask with two lobed bands with puce and iron-red foliate scroll work, the uppermost against a purple-ground with yellow scale borders, the crescent moon stopper attached by a chain, the cover of the base secured by a pin, painted with indianische Blumen.
Length: 5⅜ in.
13.5 cm
Rudolf Just Collection, Prague,
Sotheby's Olympia, December 11, 2001, lot 41
Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 250, p. 530, illus.