拍品專文
For a cruet and cover of similar form, but with a long spout from the lower part, see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pl. 137, no. 545.
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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
細節
A MEISSEN BALUSTER CRUET AND COVER
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark
Of octagonal section with alternating convex and concave facets, with a horizontal moulded band below the rim and a band of alternating convex and concave moulded gilt gadroons around the centre, to the edge of the waisted foot and the rim of the domed cover, with a triple-scroll ear-shaped handle with foliage thumbpiece, the upper rim with a U-shaped aperture and a grinning bearded mask spout, the concave facets with gilt interlocking foliage scrolls, the convex facets with Kakiemon flower-sprays to the upper part and quayside scenes with merchants, ships and galleons below, the lower part with a band of moulded fluted gilt gadroons, the cover similarly decorated with quayside scenes alternating with gilt foliage scrolls about a pine-cone finial
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark
Of octagonal section with alternating convex and concave facets, with a horizontal moulded band below the rim and a band of alternating convex and concave moulded gilt gadroons around the centre, to the edge of the waisted foot and the rim of the domed cover, with a triple-scroll ear-shaped handle with foliage thumbpiece, the upper rim with a U-shaped aperture and a grinning bearded mask spout, the concave facets with gilt interlocking foliage scrolls, the convex facets with Kakiemon flower-sprays to the upper part and quayside scenes with merchants, ships and galleons below, the lower part with a band of moulded fluted gilt gadroons, the cover similarly decorated with quayside scenes alternating with gilt foliage scrolls about a pine-cone finial
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
來源
Eric Goldschmidt-Rothschild Collection
Sale Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 23-25 March 1931, lot 515
Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Collection, Dresden (inv. no. 217), and thence by descent to the present owner
Sale Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 23-25 March 1931, lot 515
Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Collection, Dresden (inv. no. 217), and thence by descent to the present owner