A Bottger Dutch-decorated teabowl and saucer, enamelled with a long-tailed bird
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A Meissen Dutch-decorated teabowl and saucer, the porcelain circa 1720, the decoration slightly later
Each moulded with a border of acanthus leaves around the footrim, embellished in green and iron-red, painted in Kakiemon style with a long-tailed bird perched on flowering branches issuing from stylised rockwork, the teabowl with four similar birds around the side and flower sprigs to the inside, brown-edged rims (minor rubbing) (2)
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
€2,400 - 3,600
US$ 3,000 - 4,600

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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