A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND VASE, 'SIEGMUND UND SIEGLINDE'
Lot 72

A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND VASE, 'SIEGMUND UND SIEGLINDE'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN LIKELY BERLIN, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK AND 0492, IRON-RED OVAL GESETZLICH GESCHÜTZ MARK, GILT DECORATOR'S FLOWER LIKELY FOR RICHARD WEHSNER, DRESDEN, SIGNED O. ZWIERZINA

Closed15 April 2011

Price Realised

USD 4,750

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A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND VASE, 'SIEGMUND UND SIEGLINDE'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN LIKELY BERLIN, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK AND 0492, IRON-RED OVAL GESETZLICH GESCHÜTZ MARK, GILT DECORATOR'S FLOWER LIKELY FOR RICHARD WEHSNER, DRESDEN, SIGNED O. ZWIERZINA
Finely painted with continuous view from the Wagnerian opera Die Walküre with Siegmund and Sieglinde embracing in the moonlight before he pulls the sword from the tree, a lakeside cottage to the reverse, within gilt foliate scrollwork and beaded trellis
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high

Specialist note

See Christie's, New York, 24 October 2006, lot 107 and 26 October 2004, lot 52 for other Berlin examples signed by O. Zwierzina.