CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN KAKIEMON TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Of cylindrical form, the domed cover with the bust of a turbaned Turk as the finial, the body painted with a bird perched among large chrysanthemum, peony and other indianische Blumen issuing from green rockwork, flanked by Frauenkopf scroll-handles, the rim with an iron-red fretwork band, the cover similarly decorated and with a band of alternate trellis panels and scrolls
13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For similar footed examples of this form with different finials, see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, p. 133, no. 525; Christie's, London, 21 November 2005, lot 210; and Christie's, London, 11 December 2007, lot 58.

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