Building on a collection formed in Germany by his mother in the interwar period, the late Henry H. Arnhold assembled one of the greatest collections of Meissen porcelain, second only to that now found in the Dresden Porcelain Collection. The dedicated offering this October, which is being sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation, presents a selection of early Meissen and European porcelains, as well as Chinese and Japanese porcelain wares relating to forms produced at the Meissen factory. Proceeds from

In particular, Mr. Arnhold collected Meissen pieces and the corresponding Japanese or Chinese prototype, such as a Chinese Blue and White Lobed 'Phoenix' Dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, 1700-20 and a Meissen Blue and White Lobed 'Phoenix' Dish, circa 1745 (estimate $5/7,000).

The selection on offer also presents an impressive group of Commedia dell’Arte figures modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, including a Meissen Figure Group of ‘The Mockery of Age’, circa1740-45 (pictured right, estimate $60/80,000); a Meissen Figure Group of ‘The Indiscreet Harlequin’, circa 1740 (estimate $60/80,000 each); a Meissen Figure Group of Harlequin and Columbine, circa 1743 (estimate $40/60,000) and a Meissen Figure of ‘The Greeting Harlequin’, circa 1740-45 (estimate $20/30,000).

The group is further distinguished by a significant assemblage of pieces that were formerly in the Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden, and feature the incised inventory numbers of the Palace: a Pair of Large Japanese Imari Tureens and Covers, and a Large Dish, Edo Period, 1690-1700, from the Royal Collection (estimate $30/50,000) and a Meissen Blue and White Saucer Dish, circa 1721-22 (estimate $4/6,000).