Lot Essay
For the Meissen prototype on which the present bottles are based, despite the fact that they bear spurious Chantilly marks, see Otto Walcha, Meissner Porzellan, Dresden, 1973, no. 53.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAMSON KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL SAKE BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS IRON-RED HUNTING HORN MARKS
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAMSON KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL SAKE BOTTLES
19th century, spurious iron-red hunting horn marks
Each typically painted with flowering plants and insects, each panel at the neck with stylized flowers within a gilt ogival cartouche, the ormolu octagonal foot as tied faces and a furthee conforming base
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) high (2)
19th century, spurious iron-red hunting horn marks
Each typically painted with flowering plants and insects, each panel at the neck with stylized flowers within a gilt ogival cartouche, the ormolu octagonal foot as tied faces and a furthee conforming base
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) high (2)