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Lot 173

A Meissen purple-ground rectangular tea canister and cover, circa 1735

7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen purple-ground rectangular tea canister and cover, circa 1735

Reserved with four quatrelobe panels painted with a hunting scene of two horsemen chasing a stag, and Kauffahrtei landscapes depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside, the shoulder edged in gold and painted with two sprigs of indianische Blumen, the circular cover with further Kauffahrtei landscapes with a gilt pinecone finial, 12.3cm high (2)

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Provenance:
With Elfriede Langeloh, Cologne;
E.A. Titgemeyer Collection, Osnabrück, acquired in 1971

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