Bottle vase
Meissen Manufactory
(Germany)
about 1730
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
DimensionsOverall: 20.5 x 10.2 cm (8 1/16 x 4 in.)
Credit LineRita and Frits Markus Collection
Accession number1993.231
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1730, Augustus II (b. 1670 - d. 1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, for the Japanese Palace, Dresden; 1876, moved with the porcelain collection to the Johanneum, Dresden; around 1920s, probably sold from the Dresden porcelain collection. June 1, 1934, anonymous (Louis Jay and Conrad Binding estate and others) sale, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt, lot 430, sold for RM 250. Dr. Korthaus (probably Wilhelm Korthaus, b. 1889 - d. 1968), Frankfurt; March 1, 1993, Korthaus collection sale, Christie's, London, lot 47, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)
