The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
A Frankenthal Chinoiserie Figural Perfume Burner and Cover, Circa 1755-60 | Ein figuraler Frankenthal Chinoiserie Parfümbrenner mit Deckel, um 1755-60
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March 6, 02:58 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
modelled by Johann Friedrich Lück, with a bearded kneeling man, supporting a pierced artichoke-form burner and cover, a lady seated beside him, each wearing flowered and striped robes, on a gilt scroll-moulded pierced base heightened in puce, rampant lion and monogram marks in underglaze-blue
Height 10 3/4 in.
27.4 cm.
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. II, pp. 138-139
An example of this rare model, formerly in the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, lacking its cover and without the elaborate piercing to the rocaille base, is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (acc. no. 1982.60.292a,b). Another unpierced example is illustrated by Friedrich Hoffmann, Frankenthal Porzellan, vol. II, Munich, 1911, taf. 167, no. 648.