Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

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GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN

i7. Pair of Lidded Vases
Vases: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
Lids: Possibly Meissen porcelain replace­
ments, circa 1760
One vase probably molded by Rehschuck
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
Each vase painted under its base with the
blue AR monogram of Augustus the Strong,
Elector of Saxony; each incised with a cross
under the base; one vase with a simple
cross (probably the mark of the molder
Rehschuck), the other with a cross hatched
at each extension.


Height: 1 ft. 2 in. (35.5 cm); Diameter:
y^7 /s in. (20.1 cm)
Accession number 73.DE.65.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Zurich (sold, Sotheby's,
London, March 27,1973, lot 39); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.

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