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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL LOBED OBLONG Frederick was the eldest surviving son of Frederick William I, King of
Prussia, and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of King George I
OCTAGONAL DISH FROM THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN COURT of Britain.
SERVICE
Qianlong period, circa 1755
Potted to copy a European silver shape, and boldly enameled in colors As King of Prussia from 1740–86, he proved himself a brilliant military
at the center with the elaborate and complicated armorial bearings campaigner in the Protestant cause, often allied with Great Britain
of King Frederick the Great of Prussia beneath the Imperial Prussian against the great Catholic nations of Western Europe (notably France
crest of a black eagle bearing the monogram ‘FR’ for ‘Fredericus Rex’ and Spain). He became a military hero as much in London as in Berlin,
beneath a gilt crown, all within two narrow gilt formal border chain his portrait even appearing on enameled salt glaze Staffordshire
bands. pottery mugs and transfer printed Worcester porcelain tankards
14 1/2in (37cm) wide during the 1750s. In a series of diplomatic stratagems and aggressive
wars against Austria and other powers, he greatly enlarged Prussia’s
$15,000 - 20,000 territories and made Prussia arguably the foremost military power
in mid-18th century Europe. An enlightened absolute monarch, he
乾隆時期 約1755年 粉彩描金 俄國皇室 《腓特烈二世》盾徽紋葵口 favored the French language and all manner of European art, building
橢圓盤 himself an escapist French-style rococo palace, ‘Sans Souci’, near
Berlin where he attracted art connoisseurs and the literary glitterati
Published: everywhere from Portugal to Russia.
Cohen & Cohen, Baroque & Roll, Antwerp, 2015, pp. 142-143, no. 88
Cohen & Cohen, The Golden Gate Collection, Antwerp, 2018, pp. Other examples of Chines export table wares made for Frederick the
198-199, no. 144 Great are known but enameled only with his crest: see for example
the remarkable Peabody Essex Museum five-piece crested cruet set
出版： (AE85717), illustrated by Sargent, 2012, no. 202, pp. 373-4. The
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《Baroque & Roll》，安特衛普，2015 border is known on only one other service, commissioned in China for
年，頁142-143，圖版編號88 the Famars family of Amsterdam; see Cohen & Cohen, 1999, cat. 19
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《The Golden Gate Collection》，安特 for two plates from the Famars services.
衛普，2018年，頁198-199，圖版編號144
References: Hermitage Museum, a warming plate, illustrated by
This handsome dish from one of the most famous armorial dinner Arapova, Menshikova et al, 2003, cat. no. 38; Howard, 1994, no.
services ever created in Chinese export porcelain, containing many 104, p. 110, for a tureen stand; Le Corbeiler, 1974, pp. 80-83, where
unusual shapes. Each piece bears the armorial bearings of Frederick several pieces are discussed; Beurdeley, 1962, cat. 195, p. 195, a
the Great (1723-86), King of Prussia from 1740-86. dinner plate; Jansen, 1976, cat. 375, 157, a dinner plate; Williamson,
1970, pl. XXXVIII, a dinner plate; Jörg, 1989, a dinner plate; Maertens
King Frederick II of Prussia (nicknamed by an admiring public de Noordhout & Kozyreff, 2000, no. 3, a dinner plate; Scheurleer,
‘Frederick the Great’, (German: ‘Friedrich der Grosse’) was born on 1973, no. 156, a splendid wine cooler and a tureen with cover;
24 January 1712, in Berlin, the capital city of the Kingdom of Prussia Suebsman, et al, 2015, no. 92, a plate.
(later Germany); he died on 17 August 1786 in Potsdam, near Berlin.

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