Lot n° 76
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3000 - 5000
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: 6 500EUR
Manufacture D'ETTERBEEK Belgium (1787-1803) - Lot 76
Manufacture D'ETTERBEEK Belgium (1787-1803)
Important and rare porcelain cookie group depicting "Andromache weeping the ashes of Hector" on a rectangular base with curved corners.
Mark on the front of the base "EB" in relief for Etterbeek Bruxelles. Attributed to Chrétien Kühne "manufacturer of fine porcelain and cookie in Brussels".
The cookie is covered with a very fine glaze and rests on a hollowed-out white marble base, allowing the underside of the cookie to be seen.
Late 18th - early 19th century
Cookie dimensions: H : 39cm W :47,5cm D :25cm
Dimensions of marble base: H: 13cm W: 52cm D: 29cm
Total height : 52cm
Condition:
Small original firing cracks, missing chair armrests, tiny chips on the flowers, part of the base of the pinecone-shaped lid grip restored....
Bibliography: Jean Lemaire. Faïence et porcelaine de Bruxelles. Ed. Racine 2003. Pages 109 to 111.
Cf. an engraving of the same scene by Thomas Burke dated 1772 (Dublin, 1749 - London, 1815) in the MAH Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève. Gift of Hippolyte Jean Gosse. N° inv. E 2020-0635.
The Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles. Maison du Roi conserves a group representing a faun, a bacchante and busts of Voltaire and Rousseau.
Expert : Aline Josserand
Expert: JOSSERAND Aline
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