A Meissen teabowl and saucer circa 1738
55*
A Meissen turquoise-ground teabowl and saucer, circa 1740
Painted in Kakiemon style with flowers issuing from stylised rockwork and insects overhead, the teabowl with similar flowers within two quatrefoil reserves, brown-edged rims, the teabowl: 4.5cm high; the saucer: 13.4cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (2)
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
€3,600 - 5,900
US$ 4,600 - 7,600

Footnotes

  • Literature:
    Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 175

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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