24 Nov 2010
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part Three
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The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part Three
Back to auction 17978
A rare Meissen quatrelobe stand
circa 1740
Painted in Kakiemon style with a phoenix perched on banded hedges issuing indianische Blumen and another bird in flight overhead, with two sprigs of leaves and flowers and two butterflies around the brown-edged rim, 24.2cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 20(?)
Painted in Kakiemon style with a phoenix perched on banded hedges issuing indianische Blumen and another bird in flight overhead, with two sprigs of leaves and flowers and two butterflies around the brown-edged rim, 24.2cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 20(?)
Sold for
£4,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Acquired in 1981
Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, I, no. 129
Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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