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CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S IMPRESSED THREE CIRCLES FORMING A TREFOIL
Details
A Meissen Chinoiserie plate
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's impressed three circles forming a trefoil
Painted after an engraving by Petrus Schenk with an Oriental traveller in a red coat riding a white horse, a boy attendant in a turquoise jacket holding a cutlass beneath a willow tree in a rocky landscape with a hut to the right and a bird in flight above, the border with flower-sprays and scattered flowerheads within a shaped rim (some minute scratches to glaze)
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) wide
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's impressed three circles forming a trefoil
Painted after an engraving by Petrus Schenk with an Oriental traveller in a red coat riding a white horse, a boy attendant in a turquoise jacket holding a cutlass beneath a willow tree in a rocky landscape with a hut to the right and a bird in flight above, the border with flower-sprays and scattered flowerheads within a shaped rim (some minute scratches to glaze)
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Paul Schnyder von Wartensee, Lucerne
Anon., sale Sotheby's London, 29th June 1982, lot 86
Anon., sale Sotheby's London, 29th June 1982, lot 86
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.