Lot 22
22
A MEISSEN CIRCULAR TUREEN AND COVER with crisply moulded fish handles and finial enriched in purple and iron-red and with gilt supports, the slightly tapering cylindrical body and the shallow domed cover boldly painted with chrysanthemum, peony and prunus issuing from banded hedges between stepped reeded rims (minute rim chip to tureen, restored rim chip to cover and chip to inside rim of cover), blue crossed swords mark with pronounced pommels to inside of base, circa 1728

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A MEISSEN CIRCULAR TUREEN AND COVER with crisply moulded fish handles and finial enriched in purple and iron-red and with gilt supports, the slightly tapering cylindrical body and the shallow domed cover boldly painted with chrysanthemum, peony and prunus issuing from banded hedges between stepped reeded rims (minute rim chip to tureen, restored rim chip to cover and chip to inside rim of cover), blue crossed swords mark with pronounced pommels to inside of base, circa 1728
29.8cm. wide

Lot Essay

Cf. a tureen of similar form, in the Schneider Collection, Günter Reinheckel, 'Die Entwicklung der Plastichen Dekoration im Meissner Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts', no. 23, Keramos, Juli/Oktober 1968 and another Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, vol.I., pp 412-413, this shape was also produced at Fulda, see Porcelain for Palaces, p. 255

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