A MEISSEN COBALT-BLUE GROUND BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
CIRCA 1930, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. K.111, IMPRESSED 5
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A MEISSEN COBALT-BLUE GROUND BALUSTER VASE AND COVER Circa 1930, blue crossed swords and dot mark, incised model no. K.111, impressed 5
The domed cover with berried finial, flanked by upright fantastic beast head handles, painted after Rembrandt with a self-portrait and his spouse Saskia in the scene of the Prodigal son in the tavern, identified in German on the underside, within finely tooled foliate cartouche, the cover, neck and socle similarly gilt with stiff-leaf tips
16in. (40.6cm.) high
Sale room notice
Please note the illustration on page 50 has been mislabelled and should read lot 69.
Lot Essay
Cf. The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alexander, Christie's East, New York, lot 177 for a pair of similar form
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