A Meissen slop bowl circa 1735-40
29*
A Meissen octagonal slop bowl, circa 1735-40
Decorated with four chinoiserie vignettes on gilt pedestals embellished with Böttger lustre, purple- and iron-red foliate scrollwork and swags, alternating with large branches of indianische Blumen, a similar chinoiserie vignette in the centre below a gilt border of trellis panels and scrollwork inside the rim, 17.6cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised // inside footrim (restored haircrack to one panel)
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,800
US$ 4,500 - 7,500

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Bruno Sandner Collection

    Literature:
    Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 47

    The teapot from the same service was sold by Christie's London, 6 December 2004, lot 408.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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