A MEISSEN TORTOISE-SHELL GROUND VASE

CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 7159

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A MEISSEN TORTOISE-SHELL GROUND VASE
CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 7159
Of baluster form, painted in platinum on both sides with a putto stringing flowering vine among the clouds, the rims with gilt trellis and diaper cartouches
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For another example of this rare platinum and tortoise-shell ground combination, see Property from the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc, Christie's, New York, 21 March 1997, lot 29. Also see Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China, An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 91, fig. 229.

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