A BÖTTGER PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER with Frauenkopf handles with gilt diadem, scrolls and tassels applied with grapes and vine leaves painted in pink and green, the lower section with a band of stiff leaves edged in pale-green and with puce veining, the spreading circular foot moulded with a band of puce and gilt lappets, the cover with bobbin finial (slight chip to rim, chips to inside rim of cover, hair crack to cover and finial repaired, minor chips to leaves), the porcelain circa 1720, the decoration later
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A BÖTTGER PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER with Frauenkopf handles with gilt diadem, scrolls and tassels applied with grapes and vine leaves painted in pink and green, the lower section with a band of stiff leaves edged in pale-green and with puce veining, the spreading circular foot moulded with a band of puce and gilt lappets, the cover with bobbin finial (slight chip to rim, chips to inside rim of cover, hair crack to cover and finial repaired, minor chips to leaves), the porcelain circa 1720, the decoration later
24.5cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. Mary Campbell Gristina, op. cit., p. 85, no. 23 for a white example