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A RARE PAIR OF MEISSEN CANDLESTICKS CIRCA 1735
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- PORCELAIN
- heights 9 3/8 in.
- 23.8 cm
each of baroque metal form, painted in a Kakiemon palette with the 'wheatsheaf' pattern, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised workers' marks, incised and painted Japanese Palace inventory numbers N=221 W in black.
Provenance
The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden
Collection of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, May 5, 1977, lot 261
Collection of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, May 5, 1977, lot 261
Condition
Some very minor and occasional touch ups to the enamels in places, otherwise in good condition.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The 1769 inventory of the Turmzimmer lists N=221 as: 'Zwanzig Stück Tafel-Leuchter, mit vergoldten Rändern, und kleinen Blumen nach Indianis. Mahlerey, 10 1/2 Zoll hoch', [twenty candlesticks, with gilt borders, and small flowers after the Indies]. (Claus Boltz, "Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769", Keramos, Volume 153, July 1996, p. 82.)
Candlesticks of this shape appear in the Meissen service made between 1735 and 1738 for Graf Alexander von Sulkowski (1695-1762), the first privately commissioned armorial service of large size to have been designed to order, and are thought to have been derived from Augsburg silver forms and examples.
Candlesticks of this shape appear in the Meissen service made between 1735 and 1738 for Graf Alexander von Sulkowski (1695-1762), the first privately commissioned armorial service of large size to have been designed to order, and are thought to have been derived from Augsburg silver forms and examples.