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Lot 34

A very rare Meissen circular stand, circa 1730

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £33,750 inc. premium

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A very rare Meissen circular stand, circa 1730

Painted in the centre with a circular medallion of dense foliage and five flower-heads reserved against the iron-red ground, enclosed by a band of gilt foliate strapwork and flowers enclosing Böttger lustre, the rim with four shaped chinoiserie panels within gilt and Böttger lustre cartouches, flanked by iron-red and purple scrollwork and gilt floral panels, the reverse with three sprigs of trailing indianische Blumen, 25.8cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue

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Provenance:
The Hoffmeister Collection, Hamburg, acquired in 1990, sold in these Rooms, 25 November 2009, lot 12

Literature:
D. Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts. Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, vol. I (1999), no. 53

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

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