An early and rare silver-mounted Kakiemon tankard
Lot-No. 622
Meissen, around 1735. Large revolving Kakiemon motif with rock, hedge and phoenix bird. Silver-mounted foot and cover, indistinctly stamped 'TS' or 'TG' in heart-shaped puce. The cover composed with a coin of King Frederic III of Danmark (1609-1670), dat. At the back '1661'. The cover engraved 'FRID. III. D.G. DAN. NOR. VAN. GOT. REX .'. H. 21,5 cm. -The Kakiemon motif with hedge, peony flowers and phoenix bird was very popular in Meissen since the mid 1720s. For a Meissen tureen, which stand demonstrates an identical Kakiemon motif, see: Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, p. 233, no. 150. Mountings with an inlaid coin depicting European rulers can also be found on other tankards. See: ibd., p. 224, no. 180. For a Meissen tankard with Danish silver-mounting see: Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy, Yale/New York 2007, S. 183.
An early and rare silver-mounted Kakiemon tankard
An early and rare silver-mounted Kakiemon tankard
Lot-No. 622
Meissen, around 1735. Large revolving Kakiemon motif with rock, hedge and phoenix bird. Silver-mounted foot and cover, indistinctly stamped 'TS' or 'TG' in heart-shaped puce. The cover composed with a coin of King Frederic III of Danmark (1609-1670), dat. At the back '1661'. The cover engraved 'FRID. III. D.G. DAN. NOR. VAN. GOT. REX .'. H. 21,5 cm. -The Kakiemon motif with hedge, peony flowers and phoenix bird was very popular in Meissen since the mid 1720s. For a Meissen tureen, which stand demonstrates an identical Kakiemon motif, see: Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, p. 233, no. 150. Mountings with an inlaid coin depicting European rulers can also be found on other tankards. See: ibd., p. 224, no. 180. For a Meissen tankard with Danish silver-mounting see: Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy, Yale/New York 2007, S. 183.