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A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN GOLD AND CLARET GROUND VASE AND COVER
Lot 89 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLECTION

A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN GOLD AND CLARET GROUND VASE AND COVER

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, IMPRESSED 804, IRON-RED SCRIPT 36P, SIGNED E.(DOUARD) POLLACK

Closed20 October 2011

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A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN GOLD AND CLARET GROUND VASE AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, IMPRESSED 804, IRON-RED SCRIPT 36P, SIGNED E.(DOUARD) POLLACK
Of shield shape, painted front and back with identified mythological scenes 'Venus et Aeneas' and 'Philemon et Baucis', the oval reserves flanked by scrolling foliage, on a conforming socle and square base
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high (2)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1994, lot 221.

Specialist note

Edouard Pollack was active as a painter at Vienna 1825-1864. He succeeded Joseph Nigg as obermaler in 1837. Cf. W. Mrazek and W. Neuwirth, 'Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864', Österreichischer Museum für angewandte Kunst, Exhibition Catalogue, Vienna, 1970.