A Documentary Berlin Vase, dated 1828, of Krater form, one side decorated with a gilt-edged canted rectangular panel depicting the interior of a library, inscribed Ioan. Ioach. Bellermann Viro eruditiss. humaniss. Latomo per X lustra solertiss.

A Documentary Berlin Vase, dated 1828, of Krater form, one side decorated with a gilt-edged canted rectangular panel depicting the interior of a library, inscribed Ioan. Ioach. Bellermann Viro eruditiss. humaniss. Latomo per X lustra solertiss. Fratres concordes Kal. Novembr. Mdcccxxviiii.', the reverse with a similar panel depicting the Chief Priest of Jerusalem with a representation of the city in the background, the sides with two oval panels, one depicting two radishes, six tulips, six mice and six shells flanked by a vine and a bean pole in a lush garden, the other a tray of money on a terrace overlooking a city, two slips of paper on the tray bearing the Latin inscription lictor bodes jussum limnimcolus Plaut.Poen.Actv Sc.1.16in and an Aramaic inscription, all reserved on a salmon-pink ground between gilt laurel borders above a burnished gilt-ground section tooled with scrollwork, the flared gilt foot with similar tooled borders and mounted on a square plinth decorated in imitation of lapis-lazuli, the flared gilt rim with tooled leaf, border sceptre mark in underglaze blue, painter's mark in blue enamel, stencilled Kpm and eagle in manganese, 43cm. 17in The biblical scholar johann Joachim Bellermann was born in Erfurt on 2nd September 1754 he studied philosophy, theology and classical philology and had a particular interest in oriental languages and archaeology. following a period in Russia, he taught in Erfurt and published works in the field of biblical literature and archaeology. In 1804 he was appointed to the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin a school founded in 1574 and housed in the buildings of a monastery dating from the early 14th century. he remained over 25 years, retiring as director in 1828, an event presumably commemorated by the present lot In addition, Bellermann held numerous posts at the Universities of Berlin and the Russian Imperial University of Kasan, and in 1824 was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Glass, by King Friedrich Wilhelm III he died aged 89 on 25th October 1842 In 1834 Bellermann's son comissioned a plaque from the Berlin factory to commemorate his father's 80th birthday. For a description of the plaque and Bellermann's life, see Roland Peters, 'Eine Kpm- Plakette fair J.J. Bellermann, Direktor des Gymnasiums zum Grauen Kloster zu Berlin' in Keramos 110/85, pp.15-18 See illustration on page 85