A Meissen (Marcolini) Chinoiserie pear-shaped jug

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A Meissen (Marcolini) Chinoiserie pear-shaped jug
with a branch handle issuing blossom, painted with Oriental figures and attendants within shaped lilac panels gilt with scrolls, enriched in purple and iron-red among insects and flowers, the rim with gilt scrolling foliage, blue crossed swords mark, the porcelain circa 1790, the decoration later

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