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A Pair of Meissen Imari Three-Footed Candlesticks, Circa 1735 and A Pair of Meissen Kakiemon Salts,
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Property from the Estate of Jimmy Younger (lots 23-41)
The candlesticks, of baroque trefoil form, supported on three scroll-feet, painted with underglaze-blue branches issuing flowers in enamels, enriched in gilding, one with crossed swords marks and K mark in underglaze-blue, the other with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and Dreher's mark of a cross and four dots for Andreas Schiefer;
the salts, modelled by J. F. Eberlein, of circular basket form with moulded woven borders and two applied handles, painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern with a winged dragon, a branch of indianische Blumen and a flying crane, supported on three scroll feet with Frauenkopf terminals, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue. 4 pieces
height of candlesticks 10 ¼ in.
26 cm.
Provenancethe candlesticks, Jacob Stodel, Amsterdam, bearing labelsCatalogue noteA rare set of six Meissen candlesticks of this form, formerly in the Collection of Dr. Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam & Paris, sold most recently at Sotheby's New York, November 8, 1985, lot 100, and again, October 17, 2022, lot 51.
A closely related pair of salts also painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern, on gilt-bronze mounts, was sold at Sotheby's London, June 23, 1964, lot 131.
The candlesticks, of baroque trefoil form, supported on three scroll-feet, painted with underglaze-blue branches issuing flowers in enamels, enriched in gilding, one with crossed swords marks and K mark in underglaze-blue, the other with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and Dreher's mark of a cross and four dots for Andreas Schiefer;
the salts, modelled by J. F. Eberlein, of circular basket form with moulded woven borders and two applied handles, painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern with a winged dragon, a branch of indianische Blumen and a flying crane, supported on three scroll feet with Frauenkopf terminals, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue. 4 pieces
height of candlesticks 10 ¼ in.
26 cm.
Provenancethe candlesticks, Jacob Stodel, Amsterdam, bearing labelsCatalogue noteA rare set of six Meissen candlesticks of this form, formerly in the Collection of Dr. Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam & Paris, sold most recently at Sotheby's New York, November 8, 1985, lot 100, and again, October 17, 2022, lot 51.
A closely related pair of salts also painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern, on gilt-bronze mounts, was sold at Sotheby's London, June 23, 1964, lot 131.
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Property from the Estate of Jimmy Younger (lots 23-41)
The candlesticks, of baroque trefoil form, supported on three scroll-feet, painted with underglaze-blue branches issuing flowers in enamels, enriched in gilding, one with crossed swords marks and K mark in underglaze-blue, the other with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and Dreher's mark of a cross and four dots for Andreas Schiefer;
the salts, modelled by J. F. Eberlein, of circular basket form with moulded woven borders and two applied handles, painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern with a winged dragon, a branch of indianische Blumen and a flying crane, supported on three scroll feet with Frauenkopf terminals, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue. 4 pieces
height of candlesticks 10 ¼ in.
26 cm.
Provenancethe candlesticks, Jacob Stodel, Amsterdam, bearing labelsCatalogue noteA rare set of six Meissen candlesticks of this form, formerly in the Collection of Dr. Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam & Paris, sold most recently at Sotheby's New York, November 8, 1985, lot 100, and again, October 17, 2022, lot 51.
A closely related pair of salts also painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern, on gilt-bronze mounts, was sold at Sotheby's London, June 23, 1964, lot 131.
The candlesticks, of baroque trefoil form, supported on three scroll-feet, painted with underglaze-blue branches issuing flowers in enamels, enriched in gilding, one with crossed swords marks and K mark in underglaze-blue, the other with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and Dreher's mark of a cross and four dots for Andreas Schiefer;
the salts, modelled by J. F. Eberlein, of circular basket form with moulded woven borders and two applied handles, painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern with a winged dragon, a branch of indianische Blumen and a flying crane, supported on three scroll feet with Frauenkopf terminals, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue. 4 pieces
height of candlesticks 10 ¼ in.
26 cm.
Provenancethe candlesticks, Jacob Stodel, Amsterdam, bearing labelsCatalogue noteA rare set of six Meissen candlesticks of this form, formerly in the Collection of Dr. Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam & Paris, sold most recently at Sotheby's New York, November 8, 1985, lot 100, and again, October 17, 2022, lot 51.
A closely related pair of salts also painted in the Koreanischer Löwe pattern, on gilt-bronze mounts, was sold at Sotheby's London, June 23, 1964, lot 131.
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