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Period: 18th century.
Porcelain with overglazy polychrome painting, openwork decoration with various colourful flowers
A similar example is in the collection of the Gatchina Palace, Russia
Provenance: Dutch noble family
This important Meissen reticulated basketwork vase and cover from mid 18th century exemplifies the virtuosity and exuberance of Rococo Meissen porcelain.
Its complex openwork structure, lavish floral ornament and vivid polychromy place it among the most sophisticated luxury wares produced at the royal manufactory in Saxony.
The vase is crafted in hard?paste porcelain, its body modeled as an intricate lattice or basketwork ground, creating a light, airy openwork surface.
Beautiful applied flowers in high relief—rose, chrysanthemum and other realistic blossoms—are individually modeled and arranged across the reticulated body and cover, then painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and enriched with gilding.
The domed cover is similarly pierced and encrusted with flowers, surmounted by a naturalistic bird finial, a motif typical of Meissen’s sculptural decoration of the period.
A closely related Meissen reticulated basketwork vase is preserved in the Gatchina Palace collection in Russia, where it is highlighted among ten masterpieces of the porcelain holdings. That example, originating from the collection of Empress Maria Feodorovna, underscores the type’s status as a rare decorative object of high artistic value, intended for princely interiors and thematic porcelain displays.
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