Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
AN EARLY MEISSEN DUTCH-DECORATED OCTAGONAL SUGAR BOX AND COVER THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720-25, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1730-35
Auction Closed
October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
AN EARLY MEISSEN DUTCH-DECORATED OCTAGONAL SUGAR BOX AND COVER THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720-25, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1730-35
painted in a famille-rose palette with Chinoiserie figures at various pursuits and flowering branches issuing from stylized rockwork.
Width: 4½ in.
11 cm
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Collection, Berlin
Von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Collection, Ball & Graupe, Berlin, March 25, 1931, lot 488
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. New York, May 14, 1970, lot 269
Christie's Geneva, November 9, 1987, lot 128
Andreina Torre Collection, Zürich
The Estate of the late Andreina Torre, Christie's Geneva, November 16, 1992, lot 189
Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 298, p. 604, illus.
A teapot from this service was in the collection of Otto and Magdalena Blohm illustrated in Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as collected by Otto Blohm, Munich, 1953, pl. 6, no. 20, later sold at Sotheby's London, July 5, 1960, lot 136.