About the Artwork
Pair of Covered Vases
ca. 1735
Johann Joachim Kändler (Artist) German, 1706-1775 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) German, founded 1710
Hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; silver, gold
Overall: 14 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 7 1/8 inches (37.5 × 24.8 × 18.1 cm) Body: 11 1/16 × 9 3/4 × 7 1/8 inches (28.1 × 24.8 × 18.1 cm) Lid: 4 1/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 5/8 inches (10.3 × 7.5 × 6.7 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb
V2018.4
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Provenance
Count Heinrich Graf von Brühl (Dresden, Germany) Catalina Von Pannwitz-Roth, "De Hartekamp," Heemstede, The Netherlands by 1949, Forsyth Wickes (New York, New York, USA)
by 1961, Rosenberg & Stiebel (dealer), New York, New York, USA
purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with funds from Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb
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von Falke, O. "Meissener Barockvasen." Pantheon 9 (February 1932): pp. 13, 56-58 (fig. 2).
Masterpieces of European Porcelain. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1949, cat. 332, pl. IV.
Bulletin of the DIA 40, nos. 3 and 4 (1960-61): pp. 59-62, p. 60 (ill.).
Davidson, R. "Features." Antiques, January 1962, p. 320.
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