Slop Bowl from the Service of Clemens August of Bavaria

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1735

Margarethe and Franz Oppenheimer only bought pieces that were made during the first twenty years of the Meissen porcelain factory. They focused on objects decorated with ‘chinoiserie’ scenes. This term refers to the European fascination with Asia in the decorative arts during the 18th century. The chinoiserie figures on Meissen porcelain are rather stereotypical. They represent a European fantasy that had little to do with the real Asia.

Artwork typeslop bowl, eating & drinking utensils
Object numberBK-17434
Dimensionsheight 9.1 cm x diameter 18 cm
Physical characteristicsbeschilderd porselein

Slop Bowl from the Service of Clemens August of Bavaria

Identification

Title(s)
- Spoelkom, veelkleurig beschilderd met chinoiserieën en het wapen van Clemens August van Beieren (1700-1761)
- Spoelkom met het wapen van Clemens August van Beieren
Object type
Object number
BK-17434
Description
Spoelkom van beschilderd porselein. De kom is aan de ene kant beschilderd met het wapen van Clemens August I van Beieren, keurvorst en aartsbisschop van Keulen (1700-1761), aan de andere kant met een Höroldt-chinoiserie boven een grote console, waarin een landschap in purper binnen een vierpas is uitgespaard. Twee figuren dragen een doek met daarop de tekst: Clement // August // C.Z.C. // nat. 1700. // D. 16 Augt. De spoelkom is gemerkt.
Inscriptions / marks
- factory mark
- mold mark
- number: ‘218.’
- label: ‘SAMMLUNG / Dr. FRANZ OPPENHEIMER’
Catalogue reference
- Arthur Müller, 'Das Meiszner Höroldt-Service für Clemens August, Kurfürst von Köln', Gesellschaft der Keramikfreunde (1957) nr. 5/6, p. 21-5 en Keramos 1 (1958), p. 27-30.
- E. Renard, Clemens August Kurfürst von Köln, Bielefeld-Leipzig 1927, p. 86.
- English and continental Porcelain, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Londen, juni 1873, pl. 8.

Creation

Creation
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- porseleinmodelleur: Grund, Johann Elias, Meissen
Dating
1735
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Material and technique

Physical description
beschilderd porselein
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 9.1 cm x diameter 18 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of de Vereniging Rembrandt, het Mondriaan Fonds, het Nationaal Aankoopfonds van het ministerie van OCW, de VriendenLoterij en de heer H.B. van der Ven
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Franz (1871-1950) and Margarethe Oppenheimer (1878-1949), Berlin 1927;{Schnorr von Carolsfeld 1927, p. 72, no. 218.} ? from whom to Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, possibly 1936 or 1937;{Den Blaauwen 2000, p. 8; BDA Archiv, Restitutions Material K42-1 Oppenheimer Franz, Letter 16 May 1938, `An den Oberabschnitt SS´, p. 2; Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv, letter from Magistrat der Stadt Wien, dated 31 October 2016.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960;{Note RMA.} restituted to the Oppenheimer family, 14 October 2019;{Website Dutch Restitution Committee, RC 1.164.} sale, Sammlung Oppenheimer, Important Meissen Porcelain, New York (Sotheby´s), 14 September 2021, no. 78, to the museum
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

- Arthur Müller, 'Das Meiszner Höroldt-Service für Clemens August, Kurfürst von Köln', Gesellschaft der Keramikfreunde (1957) nr. 5/6, p. 21-5 en Keramos 1 (1958), p. 27-30.
- E. Renard, Clemens August Kurfürst von Köln, Bielefeld-Leipzig 1927, p. 86.
- English and continental Porcelain, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Londen, juni 1873, pl. 8.

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