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Lot 28
A rare Meissen saucer circa 1740-50
25 November 2009, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,200 inc. premium
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circa 1740-50
Decorated in underglaze-blue after the Chinese example with two anglers holding a fishing rod and a bamboo basket for fish, pine trees growing from the rocky side, a small stylised sun and birds in the sky, all within a basket weave border, 10.3cm diam., crossed swords mark and k in underglaze-blue, impressed 67
Decorated in underglaze-blue after the Chinese example with two anglers holding a fishing rod and a bamboo basket for fish, pine trees growing from the rocky side, a small stylised sun and birds in the sky, all within a basket weave border, 10.3cm diam., crossed swords mark and k in underglaze-blue, impressed 67
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 9 December 1997, lot 20;
Acquired in the above sale
Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, II, no. 299
Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009
Based on a Kangxi example.
A similar cup and saucer is in the Hans Syz collection (Syz 1979, cat.no. 147). Another cup and saucer was sold at Christie's London, 30 November 1987, lot 95, and at Koller Auktionen, Zurich, 15 September 2009, lot 1602.
