A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with a view of Ca ...
A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with a view of Capitol Hill in Washington
Model no. 1617, "Französische Vase". Fired in two parts and screw-mounted. With a depiction of the American president's residence in a square gold reserve, to the reverse a round reserve with a depiction of a colonial harbour with the god Mercury as an allegory of commerce. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, incised III, impressed P, blue painter's mark. H 41.2 cm.
Circa 1840.
** Provenance
Christie´s London, 12th June 1995, lot 300.
** Exhibitions
Raffinesse & Eleganz - Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Schloss Charlottenburg, 28th July - 4th November 2007
Die Sammlung Cohen. Porzellane der grossen Manufakturen 1800 - 1840. Wien, Liechtenstein Museum, 16th November 2007 - 11th February 2008
Refinement & Elegance - Early 19th-Century Royal Porcelain from an American private collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9th September 2008 - 19th April 2009
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A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with a view of Capitol Hill in Washington
Model no. 1617, "Französische Vase". Fired in two parts and screw-mounted. With a depiction of the American president's residence in a square gold reserve, to the reverse a round reserve with a depiction of a colonial harbour with the god Mercury as an allegory of commerce. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, incised III, impressed P, blue painter's mark. H 41.2 cm.
Circa 1840.
** Provenance
Christie´s London, 12th June 1995, lot 300.
** Exhibitions
Raffinesse & Eleganz - Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Schloss Charlottenburg, 28th July - 4th November 2007
Die Sammlung Cohen. Porzellane der grossen Manufakturen 1800 - 1840. Wien, Liechtenstein Museum, 16th November 2007 - 11th February 2008
Refinement & Elegance - Early 19th-Century Royal Porcelain from an American private collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9th September 2008 - 19th April 2009
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