Durch Feuer verwandelt / Transformed by Fire A Private Collection of Early Meissen
Durch Feuer verwandelt / Transformed by Fire A Private Collection of Early Meissen
An Extremely Rare Early Meissen Small Scent-Bottle, Decorated by Johann Georg Funcke, Circa 1713-18
Lot Closed
July 1, 12:23 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
An Extremely Rare Early Meissen Small Scent-Bottle, Decorated by Johann Georg Funcke, Circa 1713-18
of flattened flask form with slender fluted neck above a stepped ridge, moulded female mask handles, the lower part and oval foot gadrooned, painted in a typical palette of pink-blue, green and yellow with flowerheads and scrolling foliage
2 7/8 in., 7.4 cm high; 2 in., 5.2 cm. wide
Ein kleiner Flakon, Frühes Meissener Porzellan, dekoriert von Johann Georg Funcke, um 1713-18
Die Sammlung der Markgrafen und Grossherzöge von Baden, Sotheby's, Baden-Baden, 5-21 October 1995, lot 1273
Ulrich Pietsch and Claudia Banz, Triumph of the blue swords: Meissen porcelain for aristocracy and bourgeoisie 1720-1815, exhibition catalogue, Dresden, Germany, 2010, p. 178, cat. no. 31.