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A rare Meissen miniature quatrelobe teabowl and saucer circa 1740-45 image 1
A rare Meissen miniature quatrelobe teabowl and saucer circa 1740-45 image 2
Lot 60

A rare Meissen miniature quatrelobe teabowl and saucer
circa 1740-45

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

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A rare Meissen miniature quatrelobe teabowl and saucer

circa 1740-45
Each with arched panels painted in purple monochrome depicting single figures in park settings, the saucer with a similar scene depicting two figures within gilt purple-lined borders, the rims with gilt foliate scrollwork borders, the teabowl with a purple flower-head in the well, the saucer: 11.4cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised // inside footrim of saucer (2)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Korthaus Collection, Frankfurt, sold Christie's London, 1 March 1993, lot 64;
Acquired in the above sale

Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, I, no. 204

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

The scene in the centre of the saucer is based on the engraving La Mariée de village by C.-N. Cochin published in 1729.

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