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Lot 25

A rare early Meissen saucer, after 1713

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A rare early Meissen saucer, after 1713

The reverse applied with three sprigs of scrolling acanthus leaves, 12.7cm diam. (miniscule flat rim chips)

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Other examples of early Meissen porcelain with this rare decoration include: a teabowl in the Rijksmuseum (A.L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum (2000), no. 13); another in the Dresden Porcelain Collection (Meißen Frühzeit und Gegenwart, exhibition catalogue, Dresden (1982). ill. I/70); a beaker sold by Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 May 1970, lot 267; a small tankard in the Victoria & Albert Museum (C.136-1945); a teapot in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (UPM) and a round tea caddy and cover in the Dresden Porcelain Collection (referred to by den Blaauwen, loc. cit.).

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