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GREAT FINE ART AUCTION NO. 191 - PART I

Schloss Ahlden - +49516480100 - Email

Grosse Strasse 1 D-29691 Ahlden, Germany
Exhibition of lots
dimanche 25 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
lundi 26 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
mardi 27 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
mercredi 28 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
jeudi 29 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
vendredi 30 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
samedi 31 août - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
dimanche 01 septembre - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
lundi 02 septembre - 14:00/18:00, Ahlden
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Lot 3 - Monumental Meissen unique mural "Orient" with scenes from 1001 Nights by Wolfgang Wachs Rectangular panel on wood. Mirror-filling scenic depiction from "1001 Nights". In the courtyard of his moonlit palace, the sultan sits relaxed, cross-legged on fine fabric, next to a fountain. He is attended by his servants, who are putting him in the mood for the night with musical performances, a basket of fruit and smoking a water pipe. Fine polychrome overglaze painting with sparse gold decoration. Designed and executed by Wolfgang Wachs, 2004, signed "W. Wachs 2004" with date; enclosed certificate no. 628 from the Meissen porcelain manufactory and a copy of the correspondence with a short description of the depiction by Wolfgang Wachs. Sword mark. 56 cm x 63 cm. Prof. Heinz Werner developed "1001 Nights", one of the most important decors of Meissen Modernism, which Wachs takes as his model. Werner's oriental worlds refer to the beginnings of Meissen's painterly decorative design under J. G. Höroldt and his utopian chinoiseries. Often applied freely and without reserves in a loose style, Werner transfers the traditional decorative scheme into the 20th and 21st centuries. Cf. Meissen Manuscripts, special issue IV, Visions. Heinz Werner - Dekore auf Meissener Porzellan, 1993, p. 19 ff.; Cf. certificate: "The painting was a much admired highlight of the Lebensart exhibition at Infa 2004 in Hanover". A large porcelain wall plaque with decor "1001 night" painted and signed by W. Wachs. Unique work. Certificate included. Decor descriptions from the artist. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 2004.

Estim. 4 600 - 9 200 EUR

Lot 70 - Rare pair of candelabra figures "Melusine" and "Florian" A young woman in a floral ornamented dress and a man in a red frock coat with a scale pattern over grey trousers standing on a raised round base as a support for a curved eaves dish with a brass spike mounted in the middle. Polychrome, gold heightened painting. Model designed by Silvia Klöde, 1995, decoration designed by Gudrun Gaube. Model no. 79340 and 79341. year mark. Sword mark. H. 34 cm - 35.5 cm (with spike). During her apprenticeship at the Staatl. Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Silvia Klöde began evening studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1975, later with further direct studies in sculpture, which she successfully completed in 1983 with a diploma in sculpture. From then until 2011, she worked in the "New Artistic Development" department at the Meissen manufactory, where she was involved in wall design, room sculptures, unique pieces, medals and product development, among other things. She has been working as a freelance sculptor since 2012. Her works are represented in collections and at numerous exhibitions and have won awards, such as her design "Arche 2000" for the FIDEM in Weimar in 2000. A Klöde chandelier similar to the style was later combined with Sabine Wachs to create the unique wall decoration "Herbstlicht" (unique piece no. 331/1999). See also Meissener Konturen, p. 55; Schärer, Auf den Punkt gebracht", p. 158; Meissener Manuskripte XVII, p. 120f. (style comparison). A pair of figural porcelain candlesticks, titled "Melusine" and "Florian" modelled by S. Klöde. Decor designed by G. Gaube. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 1996.

Estim. 3 300 - 6 600 EUR
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