A SET OF TWELVE GERMAN PAINTED PANELS

Lot 441
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ID 819935
Lot 441 | A SET OF TWELVE GERMAN PAINTED PANELS
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
A SET OF TWELVE GERMAN PAINTED PANELS

CIRCA 1720

Painted with a continuous scene depicting courtiers listening to music behind an elaborate balustrade under canopies hung with bells and surrounded by blue and white porcelain, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

134 in. (340.5 cm.) high, 29 3/4 in. (75.5 cm.) wide





Provenance

By repute, Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland (1694-1733).

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Worch, New York.

The Collection of Mrs. Estelle Doheny, Beverly Hills, California.

The Collection of Kenny Rogers, Beverly Hills, California.

The Property of a Private Collector; Christie's, New York, 1 November 1990, lot 116.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.





Literature

"The China Trade and Its Influences," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, April, 1941, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 89 (illustrated).



Exhibited

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The China Trade and Its Influences, 23 April - 21 September, 1941.

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, June 17 - September 3, 2006.



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