EARLY 20TH CENTURY, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND 33, PRESSNUMMERN E153, PAINTER'S MARK 130G

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A Meissen snake-handled gilt baluster vase
Early 20th century, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and 33, Pressnummern E153, painter's mark 130g
(Slangenvase) after a model by Ernst August Leuteritz, painted in colours with sprays of Deutsche Blumen, the rim, collar and foot moulded, applied with intertwined snake handles
27cm high

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Lot Essay

Cf. A. Faÿ-Hallé and B. Mundt, Nineteenth-Century European Porcelain (London 1983), p. 187, the Neo-Renaissance movement bore further rich fruit at Meissen. A series of vases was created, dealing with themes from the 16th century.

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