A very rare Meissen lobed bowl, circa 1730
27
A very rare Meissen lobed bowl, circa 1730
Painted in Kakiemon style, with flowers and insects on the side and a blue-faced dragon in the well, 19.1cm diam; 7.9cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher's mark .. for Johann Martin Kittel, incised / inside footrim (haircrack and tiny associated repair to rim)
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
€12,000 - 18,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000

Footnotes

  • Based on a Japanese original, of which an example formerly in the Saxon Royal collections was sold by Christie's Geneva, 7 June 1968, lot 43. A very similar Meissen bowl is published by U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), p. 127, no. 83.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

Auction terms and conditions

Contacts

Sebastian Kuhn Bonhams
Work
101 New Bond Street
London, W1S 1SR
United Kingdom
Work +44 20 7468 8384
FaxFax: +44 20 7468 8252
Specialist - European Ceramics