A Berlin (K.P.M.) porcelain chinoiserie part dessert service, 19th century
No reserve
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
decorated after the 'Japanese' service made for Frederick the Great, for the Chinese House at Sanssouci, each piece painted with vignettes of chinoiserie figures at various pursuits, heightened in gilding, within a pierced border with oval panels painted in iron-red and gilding with flower sprays, the pierced rim with flowerheads, comprising:
two pierced oval footed baskets,
seventeen plates,
four small fruit bowls,
sceptre marks in underglaze-blue, red printed KPM and orb marks, various impressed marks
(23)
Diameter of plates 24.3 cm; 9 ⅝ in.
Width of baskets 31 cm; 12 ⅛ in.
The Alberto Pinto Collection, Christie's, Paris, 14 September 2017, lot 543.
The original service was created for Frederick the Great in 1769 for the Chinese House at the Sans-Souci, to replace a Meissen service of the same name. The chinoiserie vignettes of figures decorating the service were inspired by prints after Watteau, Huquier and Boucher and also closely relate to the paintings on the ceiling and the gilded limestone sculptures around the Chinese House. Most of it was destroyed during the Second World War.
You May Also Like
