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23 Porcelain from two important collections The September auction of rare porcelain from the collection of renowned specialist author Dr Si egfried Ducret (1901–1972) and the high-quality paintings, furniture and porcelain from the Müller-Frei colle ction offered in June both aroused great interest. Early porcelain, including an important ’crinoline’ group from circa 1737 and two rare elephant chandeliers – both from the world-famous Meissen manufactory – achieved high prices, in- cluding some auction records. The model for the porcelain group was an engraving by Lauren t Cars after an illustration by Boucher for Molière’s Le Sicilien ou l’Amour Peintre from 1734. An important and rare Meissen porcelain crinoline group. Circa 1737. The model by Joachim Kändler. H 15.5 cm. From the Müller-Frei Collection. Sold for CHF 210 000 A rare Meissen porcelain elephant candlestick. Circa 1733. H 26.5 cm. From the Ducret Collection. Sold for CHF 52 000 Branch offices & representatives Specialists SWISS ART Cyril Koller lkoller@kollerauctions.com IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART Cyril Koller jara.koller@kollerauctions.com POSTWAR & CONTEMPORARY PRINTS & MULTIPLES Silke Stahlschmidt stahlschmidt@kollerauctions.com PHOTOGRAPHY Gabriel Müller mueller@kollerauctions.com FINE FURNITURE Stephan Koller skoller@kollerauctions.com MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE Stephan Koller skoller@kollerauctions.com ASIAN ART Regi Preiswerk asianart@kollerauctions.com OLD MASTER & 19 TH CENTURY PAINTINGS Karoline Weser weser@kollerauctions.com OLD MASTER PRINTS & DRAWINGS Franz-Carl Diegelmann diegelmann@kollerauctions.com PORCELAIN, FAIENCE & GLASS Sabine Neumaier neumaier@kollerauctions.com SILVER Corinne Koller ckoller@kollerauctions.com DESIGN Cyril Himmer himmer@kollerauctions.com FASHION & VINTAGE Jara Koller jara.koller@kollerauctions.com BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & AUTOGRAPHS Dr Andreas Terwey terwey@kollerauctions.com ART DECO, ART NOUVEAU & CARPETS Jean-Pierre Dalla Vedova dallavedova@kollerauctions.com JEWELLERY Carla Süssli suessli@kollerauctions.com WATCHES Uwe Vischer vischer@kollerauctions.com WINE Koller Geneva geneva@kollerauctions.com KOLLER ZURICH Hardturmstrasse 102 8031 Zurich Switzerland T +41 44 445 63 63 office@kollerauctions.com DÜSSELDORF Ulrike Gruben Citadellstrasse 4 40213 Düsseldorf Germany T +49 211 30 14 36 38 M +49 175 586 38 64 duesseldorf@kollerauctions.com KOLLER GENEVA Rue de l’Athénée 2 1205 Geneva Switzerland T +41 22 311 03 85 geneva@kollerauctions.com MUNICH Fiona Seidler Maximiliansplatz 20 80333 Munich Germany T +49 89 22 802 766 M +49 177 257 63 98 muenchen@kollerauctions.com ITALY Luigi Pesce Via Cairoli 18 16124 Genova, Italy T +39 339 596 27 68 italia@kollerauctions.com BEIJING Jing Li Chedaogou 10# 6/4-307 Haidian Qu 100089 Beijing China T +86 135 2039 8057 beijing@kollerauctions.com