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GERMAN, MEISSEN WARE (CIRCA 1730), CROSSED-SWORDS MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL
Details
A Porcelain Octagonal Bowl
German, Meissen Ware (Circa 1730), Crossed-Swords Mark in Blue Enamel
With circular raised foot, octagonal body and extended, octagonal lip, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over transparent glaze with a band of peonies and foliage in the interior lip, with a single floret in the well, and with bamboo and flowers and pine, plum, banded hedges and young bamboo on the exterior, rim glazed in iron-oxide, foot rim unglazed
4.5/8in. (11.7cm.) diameter; 3in. (7.6cm.) high
German, Meissen Ware (Circa 1730), Crossed-Swords Mark in Blue Enamel
With circular raised foot, octagonal body and extended, octagonal lip, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over transparent glaze with a band of peonies and foliage in the interior lip, with a single floret in the well, and with bamboo and flowers and pine, plum, banded hedges and young bamboo on the exterior, rim glazed in iron-oxide, foot rim unglazed
4.5/8in. (11.7cm.) diameter; 3in. (7.6cm.) high
Provenance
Richard W. Weatherhead