Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2024
Lot 785
A rare Nymphenburg cup and saucer, c.1760-70, painted by Catejan Purtscher with scenes from Ovid's
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1197
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Description
A rare Nymphenburg cup and saucer, c.1760-70, painted by Catejan Purtscher with scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the cup with Echidna embracing a snake, the saucer with Cadmus slaying the Dragon, within gilt scrollwork edged with flowers, impressed shield marks, incised numbers, 13.6cm. (2)
Catejan Purtscher (1740-1813) is one of the finest artists recorded at Nymphenburg. The factory produced a series of pieces using Ovid's Metamorphoses as inspiration, deriving much of the decoration from a series of prints produced by Johann Ulrich Krauss.