Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 192
A Meissen beaker c.1730
Estimate £2,000 - £2,500 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A Meissen beaker c.1730, the flared straight sides painted in the Kakiemon palette with a gnarled spray of prunus, the reverse with a single bird in flight, brown line rim, caduceus mark in underglaze blue, 7.5cm.
Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession no. C.45-2006 for a similar example formerly in the collection of Arthur and Hilde Weiner.