Lot Essay
See the similar examples painted with the Koreanische Löwe pattern sold in these Rooms on 18th May 1999, lot 164.
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CIRCA 1740, PRESSNUMMER 24
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A Meissen Kakiemon miniature vase
CIRCA 1740, PRESSNUMMER 24
Of bulbous form with a tapering slender baluster neck, painted with the gelber Löwe pattern, with a roaring tiger around a stem of bamboo and flowering branches, a blue butterfly on the neck, the reverse with a knarled stump of flowering prunus and a flowering branch extending up the neck (two minute restored shallow rim chips)
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1740, PRESSNUMMER 24
Of bulbous form with a tapering slender baluster neck, painted with the gelber Löwe pattern, with a roaring tiger around a stem of bamboo and flowering branches, a blue butterfly on the neck, the reverse with a knarled stump of flowering prunus and a flowering branch extending up the neck (two minute restored shallow rim chips)
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high
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