A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with views of Berlin
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin Kpm
KPM Berlin · Lempertz · Berlin
220,000 EUR in original currency · Hammer price — the house doesn't publish bid history.
Description & details
A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with views of Berlin Model "Münchner Vase No. 2", fired in two parts and screw-mounted. Decorated with eight finely painted views of Berlin around the centre within ogee arches with Gothic tracery above a blue band with facing sphinxes bearing purple shields labelling the views. The vedutas divided by slender columns crowned by Prussian eagles on brackets. The lower section with a radial design of lancet arches containing ears of wheat. The neck with gilt trellis pattern and the lip with a band of Gothic foliage on blue ground. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, incised II. H 62, handle width 44 cm. Circa 1838, the decor designed by Carl August Menzel after Carl Daniel Freydanck and Johann Christian August Walter.
- Category
- Porcelain
- Location
- Berlin
- Dimensions
- W 44 cm