Lot Essay
Cf. D. Hoffmeister, Sammlung Hoffmeister Volume I (Hamburg 1999), p.240 ill.143
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CIRCA 1740, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS
Details
A Meissen Schmetterlingsdekor dish
Circa 1740, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords
Inspired by famille verte examples, painted in colours with a central large butterfly sitting on a flowering branch, the wavy border with six various flowersprays, with brown edge
22.3cm. diam.
See illustration
Circa 1740, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords
Inspired by famille verte examples, painted in colours with a central large butterfly sitting on a flowering branch, the wavy border with six various flowersprays, with brown edge
22.3cm. diam.
See illustration
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