A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE TURQUOISE-GROUND COFFEE-BARREL, COVER AND IRON STAND

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE EDGE

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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE TURQUOISE-GROUND COFFEE-BARREL, COVER AND IRON STAND
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords to the edge
Of typical shape, the ends painted with Chinese figures at various pursuits in gardens within gilt chevrons, the sides with purpurmalerei and eisenrot quatrefoil reserves of figures, and two further Chinoiserie reserves, fitted with a seated Bacchic putto stopper and silvered metal spigot, on a later brass X-form stand
8¼in. (21cm.) wide, overall

Lot Essay

For another example with the putto stopper in the Ralph Wark Collection see, The Wark Collection, Early Meissen Porcelain, Catalogue (Jacksonville, Florida, 1984), no. 43, Cat no. 611.
See also Anon. sale, Christie's London, 24 February 2003, lot 93; and Anon. sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 30th March 1999, lot 564.

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