PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN BLUE-GROUND MYTHOLOGICAL 'LIMOGES ENAMEL' CAMPANA VASES
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PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN BLUE-GROUND MYTHOLOGICAL 'LIMOGES ENAMEL' CAMPANA VASES

CIRCA 1860, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 8 AND INCISED F191

Closed15 July 2020

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PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN BLUE-GROUND MYTHOLOGICAL 'LIMOGES ENAMEL' CAMPANA VASES
CIRCA 1860, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 8 AND INCISED F191
Modelled by Ernst August Leuteritz, each of 'Warwick Vase' form, decorated possibly after Thorwaldsen, with a continuous frieze of Bacchanalian figures and centaurs, the handles modelled as serpents with acantus leaf terminals
10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) high

Specialist note

Ernst August Leuteritz was employed as a designer in 1836 and from 1849 to 1886 he held the post of chief artistic director and top modeller at Meissen. See Robert Röntgen, The Book of Meissen, Atglen, 1996, p. 206, fig. 320, for a comparable vase with similar enamelled decoration developed by Leuteritz in the mid 19th century in response to renewed interest in the Renaissance style of Limoges enamel decoration. A related pair of vases was sold, Christie's, Amsterdam, 16 February 2006, lot 991.