Lot Essay
See Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alexander, Christie's East, New York, 28-29 April 1999, lot 177 for a pair of Meissen pâte-sur-pâte vases of the same shape as the present lot.
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CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 19/55., K111. AND IMPRESSED 8
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A MEISSEN PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE CELADON AND COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASE AND COVER
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords mark, incised 19/55., K111. and impressed 8
Of baluster form, with berried finial and tall lion head handles, decorated in white slip with a nymph in diaphanous drapery accompanied by Pan playing a tambourine and two frolicking putti, within a gilt foliate and platinum surround set with beaded lozenges, the cobalt-blue ground gilt and enamelled with arabesques
16.1/8in. (41cm.) high
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords mark, incised 19/55., K111. and impressed 8
Of baluster form, with berried finial and tall lion head handles, decorated in white slip with a nymph in diaphanous drapery accompanied by Pan playing a tambourine and two frolicking putti, within a gilt foliate and platinum surround set with beaded lozenges, the cobalt-blue ground gilt and enamelled with arabesques
16.1/8in. (41cm.) high