Lot Essay
Cf. the example from the Sir Bernard Eckstein Collection, sale Sotheby's, 31st May 1949, lot 123, and also another example sold in our Geneva Rooms on 11th May 1981, lot 190.
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CIRCA 1738
Details
A Meissen cane-handle
Circa 1738
Modelled as the head and neck of a horse, incised and with dark-brown markings, the lower part painted with a continuous scene with four Orientals on a terrace, brightly dressed and holding a fishing-rod, a fan, a kite and a sack, above a moulded band (minute chip to mane, minute wear to black enamel)
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
Circa 1738
Modelled as the head and neck of a horse, incised and with dark-brown markings, the lower part painted with a continuous scene with four Orientals on a terrace, brightly dressed and holding a fishing-rod, a fan, a kite and a sack, above a moulded band (minute chip to mane, minute wear to black enamel)
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
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