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Lot 8*

A Meissen scent flask, circa 1723-24

5 December 2012, 13:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen scent flask, circa 1723-24

Of flattened ovoid form moulded with a female mask on each side, the neck and lowe body moulded with fluted bands heightened in gilding and iron-red, painted on each side with a chinoiserie scene depicting two large figures, mounted with a gilt-metal stopper attached by a chain, 9.3cm high overall

Footnotes

Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 23

A similar scent flask in a private collection is illustrated in Exotische Welten (2010), nos. 48c and 67a.

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