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The West Collection
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SEATED PAGODA FIGURE
CIRCA 1730-1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SEATED PAGODA FIGURE
CIRCA 1730-1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Wearing a conical hat, robes reserved with indianische Blumen, and a feathered stomacher, the spreading oblong octagonal base gilt with star motifs
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high
CIRCA 1730-1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Wearing a conical hat, robes reserved with indianische Blumen, and a feathered stomacher, the spreading oblong octagonal base gilt with star motifs
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
R.W.M. Walker Collection; Christie's, London, 25 July 1945.
Jack and Bell Linsky Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 54.
With Robert Williams, England, 24 June 1985.
Jack and Bell Linsky Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 54.
With Robert Williams, England, 24 June 1985.
Literature
W.B. Honey, Dresden China, pl. XXXIX(a) and p. 72.
Exhibited
New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Masterpieces of European Porcelain, 18 March to 15 May 1949, catalogue no. 244.