Live Auction 11628THE OPULENT EYE:19TH CENTURY FURNITURE, SCULPTURE, WORKS OF ART, CERAMIC & CARPETS
A BERLIN PORCELAIN SNAKE-HANDLED VASE
Lot 188 PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR, NEW YORK

A BERLIN PORCELAIN SNAKE-HANDLED VASE

DATED 1895, BLUE SCEPTRE ABOVE C MARK, IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED P(AUL) MIETHE 1895

Closed19 April 2016

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A BERLIN PORCELAIN SNAKE-HANDLED VASE
DATED 1895, BLUE SCEPTRE ABOVE C MARK, IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED P(AUL) MIETHE 1895
Each side densely painted with flowers enclosed in gilt foliate scrolls, flanked by scrolling double-snake handles, the octagonal base with alternating ivory and light green ground panels within further gilt scrolls
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

Paul Carl Miethe (1864-1914) joined the Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1883, he received permanent employment as flower painter. In 1894, the year before the present lot was painted, he became K.P.M.'s director of painting.