Lot Essay
Cf. Dieter Hoffmeister, 'Meissner Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts' Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister (Hamburg, 1999), Vol. I, pp. 192-192, no. 104 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1730, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARK, JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER N=72- W
Details
A MEISSEN ROYAL KAKIEMON PLATE
CIRCA 1730, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARK, JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER N=72- W
Painted with an iron-red and gilt tiger beside turquoise, iron-red and gilt bamboo (slight rubbing to well)
9 1/16 in. (23 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1730, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARK, JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER N=72- W
Painted with an iron-red and gilt tiger beside turquoise, iron-red and gilt bamboo (slight rubbing to well)
9 1/16 in. (23 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden.
Special notice
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