Lot Essay
This lot illustrates how far Böttger's porcelain had progressed by 1720 when compared with the blanc-de-chine prototypes.
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THE BÖTTGER BEAKER CIRCA 1720, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM, WHEEL-ENGRAVED N=392 W JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY MARK, THE CHINESE BEAKER LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A Böttger blanc de Chine beaker and a Chinese blanc de Chine beaker
THE BÖTTGER BEAKER CIRCA 1720, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM, WHEEL-ENGRAVED N=392 W JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY MARK, THE CHINESE BEAKER LATE 17TH CENTURY
The exteriors of both beakers applied with three moulded flowering prunus branches, the flowers of the Meissen beaker enriched with incised lines, each with slightly different double concentric footrims (the Meissen beaker with small dirt-filled firing fault to footrim, the Chinese beaker with two small restored rim chips) (2)
THE BÖTTGER BEAKER CIRCA 1720, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM, WHEEL-ENGRAVED N=392 W JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY MARK, THE CHINESE BEAKER LATE 17TH CENTURY
The exteriors of both beakers applied with three moulded flowering prunus branches, the flowers of the Meissen beaker enriched with incised lines, each with slightly different double concentric footrims (the Meissen beaker with small dirt-filled firing fault to footrim, the Chinese beaker with two small restored rim chips) (2)
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