British & Continental Ceramics & Glass - 29th April 2025

Lot 343

A Meissen tea cup and saucer, c.1735, painted in an extended Kakiemon palette with a long-tailed

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £756

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Description

A Meissen tea cup and saucer, c.1735, painted in an extended Kakiemon palette with a long-tailed bird perched on a bare branch before flowering indianische Blumen, blue crossed swords marks, 12.9cm. (2)

Cf. Bonhams, The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part I, 25th November 2009, lot 42 for a tray with the same design.