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A rare Meissen kapuzinerbraun-ground pouring cup and saucer circa 1730 image 1
A rare Meissen kapuzinerbraun-ground pouring cup and saucer circa 1730 image 2
Lot 106

A rare Meissen kapuzinerbraun-ground pouring cup and saucer
circa 1730

25 November 2009, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A rare Meissen kapuzinerbraun-ground pouring cup and saucer

circa 1730
Painted in underglaze-blue in Chinese style with circular medallions depicting a seated figure in a stylised landscape with buildings, enclosed by concentric circles, flowering branches and a trellis band, the saucer handles with flower sprigs, the saucer: 18.5cm across handles, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (within concentric circles on the cup) minute flat chip to edge of spout) (2)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired in 1990

Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, II, no. 295

Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009

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