A Sorgenthal porcelain tête à tête in the Egy ...
A Sorgenthal porcelain tête à tête in the Egyptian taste
Comprising an oval tray with pierced border, a jug formed an an ancient Egyptian canopic jar with a lotus flower finial, an oval box and cover with a crocodile finial, a round box and cover with two handles and a sphinx finial, two cups and saucers and one large oval tray. All pieces decorated with gilt framed pseudo-hieroglyphs on sand coloured ground and Egyptian scenes in a Neoclassical style. The medallions of the large sugar box inscribed MICHAEL and SATOVIEL, one cup KANOPVS, one saucer GABRIEEL, and the oval box HON PA/TR BIB. Blue bindenschild mark, year stamps 99, 801, and 802, potter's mark U for Kaspar Hartmann. Canopic jar jug H 22 cm, tray H 5.5, W 43.4 cm.
Vienna, Sorgenthal manufactory, 1799 - 1802.
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Christie´s London, 31st March 2008, lot 89.
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A Sorgenthal porcelain tête à tête in the Egyptian taste
Comprising an oval tray with pierced border, a jug formed an an ancient Egyptian canopic jar with a lotus flower finial, an oval box and cover with a crocodile finial, a round box and cover with two handles and a sphinx finial, two cups and saucers and one large oval tray. All pieces decorated with gilt framed pseudo-hieroglyphs on sand coloured ground and Egyptian scenes in a Neoclassical style. The medallions of the large sugar box inscribed MICHAEL and SATOVIEL, one cup KANOPVS, one saucer GABRIEEL, and the oval box HON PA/TR BIB. Blue bindenschild mark, year stamps 99, 801, and 802, potter's mark U for Kaspar Hartmann. Canopic jar jug H 22 cm, tray H 5.5, W 43.4 cm.
Vienna, Sorgenthal manufactory, 1799 - 1802.
** Provenance
Christie´s London, 31st March 2008, lot 89.
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