A Meissen ovoid Kaikeimon mug
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A rare Meissen ovoid jug, circa 1735
The ribbed body with a strap handle, painted in Kakiemon style with a dragon perched on bamboo opposite flowering plants and another in flight, the handle with trailing flowers, brown-edged rim, 16.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue
Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A plate decorated with this rare pattern was sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 26 May 2010, lot 24, and another is in the Arnhold Collection, New York (Cassidy-Geiger 2008, no. 242).

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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