JM BÉALU & FILS
Faïences et porcelaines anciennes,
Meubles et Objets d'art des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle
Porcelaines
BERLIN
A porcelain figure of "perdrix" bird .
Spectrum mark on the reverse.
GERMANY, Berlin, circa 1766/1767,
18th century.
Heigh: 16,3 cm.
CHINA
A pair of plates in porcelain with decoration in the center of the weapons of " of Knyff " *.
CHINA, Qianlong period (1736-1795), circa 1740. 18th century. Diameter: 24 cm.
*The first purchaser was probably Jacques-Gérard Knyff, born in Antwerp on March 31, 1681, burgomaster of this city in 1711 and 1712 then from 1722 to 1724. He was done knight of the Holy Empire and was authorized to precede his name with the particle "de" by letters patent of the emperor Charles VI, on September 1, 1719. After the death of his wife Maria-Agnès Verbiest, whom he married on March 23, 1703 and who died on May 23, 1724, he entered the orders and was graduated canon of the cathedral of Antwerp. He died on July 1, 1756.
Cf. H. Maertens de Noordhout, Porcelaines chinoises décorées d'armoiries belges, Bruxelles 1997, pp. 100 et 101.
CHINA
Porcelain plate with gray and gold decoration representing a scene of "Geese brother Philip" (La Fontaine tale inspired by a story by Boccaccio): a monk and a young man with two beautiful young women, one holding a parasol. On the edge four cartouche decorated with landscapes and bird reserves.
CHINA. Qianlong Period (1736-1795) middle of 18th century. Diameter: 22.5 cm.
The scene is made from an engraving of Nicolas Larmessin II (1684-1755) after a painting by Nicolas Lancret.
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CHINA
Two porcelain plates with Imari decoration in the center of two women with parasol and on the wing of reserves standing out on a background of scales, after Cornelus Pronk.
Early Qianlong period (1736-1795) between 1736 and 1738. Diameter : 23,8 cm.
See Louis Mezin, Cargaisons de Chine, Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musée de Lorient (2002) N°104, p.128.
CHINA
A Chinese porcelain fountain with Green
Family decoration.
CHINA, Kangxi Period (1662-1722).
18th century
Height: 41 cm.
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CHINA.
A Chinese Green Family porcelain terrine or vegetable dish of round shape with polychrome and gold decoration of flowering branches, birds and leaves.
CHINA, Kangxi period 1(662-1722). 18th century.
Diameter : 24 cm ; Height : 19,5 cm.
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CHINA.
Group of laughing children also called "HoHo Erxian*" in green, yellow and manganese enamelled Chinese porcelain cookie.
CHINA, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Second half of the 17th century. Height: 15 cm.
* The HoHo twins are heralds of good fortune and also protectors of marriage, they represent harmony and union.
CHINA
Soup plate with contoured edge in porcelain of China with polychrome and gold decoration of coats of arms joined in the center and of a garland of flowers on the wing, nets on the edge.
Qianlong period (1736-1795). 18th century.
D. 23,5 cm.
Dutch wedding coat of arms: family from Friesland (Netherlands) Hector Livius van Altena and Albertina Johannes Pierson, married on May 23, 1768 in Tietjerk.
CHINA
A pair of Famille Verte octagonal jar in China porcelain with a polychrome decoration, each facet with flowers, birds, animals, and furniture, Buddhist and precious emblems.
CHINA Kangxi period (1662-1722).
18th century.
Height: 42.5 cm; Diameter: 26 cm.
Cf. Similar form in R.L. Hobson, Catalogue of Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, 1931, n°145 plate XXX.
MEISSEN
Meissen porcelain group representing Venus and Love with polychrome decoration.
Trace of mark under the base. Model of Kandler around 1745-50. 18th century.
Height : 18,5 cm.
A few chips in the foliage and a wing of Love restored, Venus' left hand glued back.
MEISSEN
Porcelain bowl with a polychrome design of village scenes in multiple foil, brown lined cartouches, standing-out on a purple background with flowered branches.
Gold line on the border, decorated inside with a lakeside scene in a medallion formed inside a double red filet.
Marked with blue swords
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony, circa 1745.
Diameter : 15 cm
MEISSEN
Porcelain group representing a hunting scene ; three dogs surrounded by a wild bull.
Model of Johan Joachim Kaendler, blue marked two crossed swords.
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony. Circa 1745.
Length: 16 cm.
MEISSEN
A porcelain group of boy with leopard. Crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue.
Model by J.F. Eberlein,
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony. Circa 1750.
Height: 9 cm.
MEISSEN
A pair porcelain figurines representing a man with a dog and a woman with a sheep.
Model of J.J Kaendler,
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony, circa 1755.
Height: 24,8 and 24,3 cm.
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MEISSEN
Two Figures of Young Ladies Playing Instruments, Circa 1755-60. They are seated with their instruments, zithare and bagpipe, wearing dresses with flowers. The base applied with leaves, flowers and rocailles. Faint traces of crossed swords mark in blue. Modelled by J.J. Kaendler after drawing of Boucher. GERMANY, Meissen,Saxony. Circa 1755-60. 18th century. Height : 11 and 11.5 cm.
These figures come from a group, a band.
Other examples kept at the Cognacq-Jay Museum, Paris.
Cf. Andraina d’Agliano, European Porcelain from the Zerilli-Morimo Collection. Milan 2014.
MEISSEN
Rectangular tea box and its lid in Meissen porcelain with polychrome and gold decoration on all sides of port scenes
animated merchants in the manner of Christian-Friedrich Herold, framed with scrolls in iron red and gold with the luster of Böttger.
On the top, iron-red figures and scrolls on a dotted background.
Mark with crossed swords and three dots mark in hollow for Christopher Müller, modeler.
About 1735-1740.
Height: 9.5 cm; Length: 6.7 cm; Width: 4 cm.
Provenance : Swiss collection, Lempertz Cologne sale 22/06/1990 n° 1828.
MEISSEN
Porcelain figure of Harlequin playing bagpipes.
Blue crossed swords mark at the reverse, the model by J. J. Kändler.
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony. Circa 1740,
18th century.
Height: 14 cm.
MEISSEN
Porcelain figure of Pantalone from the Duke of Weissenfels series.
Blue crossed swords mark at back, the model by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke.
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony. Circa 1743
18th century.
Height. 13,3 cm
MEISSEN
Meissen porcelain figure of The Squire of Alsatia, Street traders of London. Model by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke circa 1754. Sword-mark in blue on the plinth, scratch-mark “9” under the plinth.
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony. 18th century.
Height: 14,4 cm or 5,6 po ; Diameter: 8,3 cm or 3,2 po
Based on engravings by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon the Elder (London 1711).
The Squire of Alsatia : Overlord or Godfather of a thieves and miscreants area of London, named after Alsace which had been a troublesome area of Europe. Alsatia was in the Whitefriars district of London, near Fleet Street, and had retained privileges derived from being a converted sanctuary until 1697. It was the haunt of debtors and lawbreakers.
Comment: Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775 The Kaendler Years, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, USA 2001, page 44.
MEISSEN
Meissen porcelain jug with polychrome landscapes.
GERMANY, Meissen, Saxony.
18th century, around 1740/45.
Height: 21,5 cm.
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MEISSEN
Pair of statuettes of pugs in Meissen porcelain with polychrome and gold decoration. The dogs, male and female with a puppy, wear a collar decorated with bells and a bow, they rest on an oval terrace decorated with flowers and leaves in relief.
Model by Kandler and Reinicke, circa 1745. Marked with crossed swords in blue.
GERMANY, Saxony, Meissen,18th century. H. 14 and 14,5 cm.
The two tails of the dogs are glued back together, the blue bow is missing, and the flowers and leaves on the terrace have been restored. These dogs are very popular in the 18th century, especially since it has a particular symbolism in the Germanic world. Indeed, pug is translated by "moops" in German, a term that also refers to the mixed lodge of Mopses, created in 1738, in imitation of the Freemason lodges whose practices it imitated.
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MEISSEN
Meissen porcelain group representing the Chinese family after François Boucher's "Délices de l'enfance". A seated Chinese woman with a green cloak, holds a child on her left knee, the other child stands beside her. Model P. Reinicke, circa 1750, 18th century.
GERMANY, Saxony, Meissen. Diameter: 8,5 cm ; Height : 14,5 cm. A restored hand of the child with the grey coat, the mother's head glued back, some chips taken back.
See similar models, Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1755 The Kaendler Period, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2001, p.176 n°475 and 476.
MENNECY
Two pots covered with polychrome decoration in porcelain (soft past) large bouquets of flowers.
Mark D.V. for Duc de Villeroy.
FRANCE, Mennecy. 18th century.
Heigth : 16 cm
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SAINT-CLOUD
Small seal to refresh in Saint-Cloud porcelain with relief decoration of "pierced rock" and chrysanthemum flowers, taken in the shape of mascarons, gadroons at the base and on the edge. Despite its irregular shape, the object has not been scrapped and passed through the centuries.
Marked T / SC / T. Circa1730, 18th century.
FRANCE, Saint-Cloud. H. 13 cm; Diam. 13 cm.
Cf. Identical piece at the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris.
SEVRES
Plate with palms in soft porcelain of Sevres with green bottom and polychrome decoration of birds in cartridges surrounded by flowers and gold garlands, bouquet of flowers in the center.
Marked with two Ls intertwined in blue and letter-date F for 1759. 18th century.
Diameter : 24,5 cm.
Provenance : Service of the Count of Choiseul-Chevigny who became Duke of Choiseul-Praslin on May 16, 1759.
Cf. David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th century (2005, edition completed in 2015), T.II, pp. 317f, n° 59-1.
SEVRES
Figure of an "La mangeuse de Bouillie" modelled in bicuit in soft past by Suzanne after model of Boucher.
"LR16" For Le Riche under the base.
FRANCE, Sèvres. Circa 1780 / 1785. 18th century.
Height: 19 cm.
SEVRES
Figure of an "Trempeur de mouillettes" modelled in bicuit in soft past by Suzanne after model of Boucher.
"LR16" For Le Riche under the base.
FRANCE, Sèvres. Circa 1780 / 1785.
18th century. Height: 20 ,5 cm.
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SEVRES
Square tray (first size) in soft porcelain of Sevres, with polychrome and gold decoration in the center of a crown of flowers, blue net crossed out in gold, the edge openwork in the shape of waves and flowers underlined by blue monochrome, gold net on the edge.
Mark in blue with two interlaced L, letter date G for 1760, mark of painter for Thévenet father. FRANCE, Sèvres. Dim. 15,5 x 15,5 cm.
An element of the openworked edge stuck back, tiny chip in a corner taken again.
SEVRES
Sèvres soft-paste porcelain litron cup and saucer with polychrome Revolutionary and Masonic decoration on the cup of a Phrygian bonnet surmounting a plumb bob and on the saucer of a lictor beam surmounted by an axe, surrounded by a frieze of gold foliage and flowers.
On the reverse, the mark Sèvres R.F. (République Française) and the letter date QQ for 1793,
mb for the painter Mme Bunel, GI in gold for the gilder Girard.
1793, 18th century.
Cup height: 6 cm; saucer diameter: 12.5 cm.
Restored vertical crack (4 cm) and tiny chip at the neck of the cup, gold transfer.
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VINCENNES
Porcelain biscuit group representing "Grape eaters" after François Boucher.
FRANCE, Vincennes, circa 1752-55.
18th century.
Height : 23,5 cm; Length : 24,5 cm.
For a similar model see by Emile Bourgeois, "Les Biscuits de Sèvres" pl.1 n°313. By Adrian Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain, Catalogue of the collections (J.Paul Getty Museum), Malibu, 1991, p.29-35. And for illustrations of the terra cotta model and one in cookie, see Tamara Préaud and Guilhem Scherf, "La Manufacture des Lumières, la sculpture à Sèvres de Louis XV à la Révolution, Dijon, 2015, pp.50, 196,198 and 298.