Beaker vase

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1715

In its early years, the Meissen factory produced so-called Jaspis-porzellan (Jasper porcelain). This name, based on its red colour, was devised by its inventor, Johann Friedrich Böttger. However, it was not actually porcelain, but stoneware, the firing temperature of which is lower than that of porcelain though higher than that of earthenware. The composition of the clay also differs from that of porcelain.

  • Artwork typebekervaas
  • Object numberBK-15222
  • Dimensionsheight 14.1 cm x diameter 10.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsrood steengoed

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Beaker vase

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-15222

  • Description

    Bekervaas van rood Böttger-steengoed. De beker heeft een geprofileerde voet, waarboven in reliëf een fries van staande acanthusmotieven. Het lichaam is aan beide zijden versierd met een vrouwenkop tussen acanthusvoluten boven een lambrekijn. De koppen zijn bekroond met een waaiervormig motief bestaande uit vijf godrons. Onder de geprofileerde mondrand een fries van bladkelken in reliëf. De vaas is niet gemerkt.

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • modeler: attributed to Johann Jacob Irminger, Meissen

  • Dating

    c. 1715

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    rood steengoed

  • Dimensions

    height 14.1 cm x diameter 10.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of L. Mainz, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    gift 1938

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Porzellane und Waffen aus den Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden, Berlin (Rudolph Lepke), 7 (8) October 1919 sqq., no. 22 to the dealer Arnold Mainz (1897-1924), Frankfurt;{Note RMA; Copy RKD; Den Blaauwen 2000, no. 1.} ? by bequest to his father Ludwig Moritz Mainz (1867-1942), Frankfurt, Hamburg and Amsterdam, 1924; by whom donated on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the reign of her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, with 13 other objects, to the museum, 1938

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag RIjksmuseum (1938), p. 15, ill. na p. 48.

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