A Rare Meissen Chinoiserie Olio-Pot and Cover, with Silver-Gilt Mounts, Circa 1725, the Mounts, German, Contemporary

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October 17, 04:45 PM GMT

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15,000 - 20,000 USD

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A Rare Meissen Chinoiserie Olio-Pot and Cover, with Silver-Gilt Mounts, Circa 1725, the Mounts, German, Contemporary

painted, in the manner of by J. G. Höroldt, on the front and reverse with figures at various pursuits in gardens within Böttger lustre, iron-red and gilt scrollwork-edged shaped quatrefoil cartouches and scattered insects and branches of indianische Blumen, the cover with two vignettes of similar figures, within concentric circles in iron-red and a band of gilt-scrollwork, the red-edged rim with indianische Blumen branches, the feet and handles mounted with scrollwork silver-gilt mounts,

overall height 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm

The present olio pot bears striking resemblance to two other examples, which also feature the same silver-gilt mounts on the angular handles and feet. One was in the Collection of Margarethe (née Knapp, 1878-1949) and Dr. Franz (1871-1950) Oppenheimer, Berlin & Vienna (number 280). It subsequently entered the Collection of Dr. Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam & Paris, and is possibly the example sold in his sale at Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, October 14-21, 1952, lot 351. Possibly the example sold, Sotheby's London, October 16, 1979, lot 92, its current whereabouts unknown, see LostArt ID: 527189.

A second, perhaps the pair to the Oppenheimer olio pot, is in the Schwerin Staatliches Museum, Schwerin, inv. no. I.N. KG 2423, illustrated in Ulrich Pietsch, Johann Gregorius Höroldt 1696-1775, Und Die Meissener Porzellanmalerei, exh. cat., Dresden, 1996, pp. 158-159, no. 125.

This form derives from a Japanese prototype, an example of which was acquired for Augustus the Strong's Collection in 1723.

Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.