Lot Essay
Cf. Wark Catalogue, no. 406, and the similar example from the Korthaus Collection (and now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) sold in these Rooms on 1st March 1993, lot 47.
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CIRCA 1728, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM
Details
A Meissen Kakiemon pear-shaped bottle
Circa 1728, Dreher's to footrim
Painted with a bird perched on bamboo and another in flight between pine and prunus issuing from banded hedges, the slender cylindrical neck with scattered flowerheads, enriched with gilding
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Circa 1728, Dreher's to footrim
Painted with a bird perched on bamboo and another in flight between pine and prunus issuing from banded hedges, the slender cylindrical neck with scattered flowerheads, enriched with gilding
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Special notice
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