CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 20
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A MEISSEN OCTAFOIL KAKIEMON DISH
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 20
Painted in the Kakiemon style and palette in the Three Friends pattern of birds perched in brnaches of flowering pine, prunus and bamboo, the shaped border with brown line trim
11.1/8in. (28.3cm.) diameter
Provenance
A Private European Collection, acquired prior to World War II (lot number 152)
By descent through the family
Lot Essay
Cf. Dieter Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeisetr, Band I, Hamburg, 1999, no. 147.
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