Lot Essay
A similar basket is illustrated by S. Ducret, Die Zürcher Porzellanmanufaktur (Zürich, 1958), Vol. I, p. 238, fig. 190.
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CIRCA 1775
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A ZÜRICH TWO-HANDLED OVAL BASKET
CIRCA 1775
The scale-shaped pierced basket-weave edged with purple on the exterior, between green and purple moulded jewelled borders, the handles similarly jewelled, the base of the interior painted with a bouquet of flowers including honeysuckle, roses and a tulip (crack to one handle, slight firing cracks and faults, areas of minute flaking to enamels on interior)
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1775
The scale-shaped pierced basket-weave edged with purple on the exterior, between green and purple moulded jewelled borders, the handles similarly jewelled, the base of the interior painted with a bouquet of flowers including honeysuckle, roses and a tulip (crack to one handle, slight firing cracks and faults, areas of minute flaking to enamels on interior)
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
D'Ehrlach de Spiess Collection, according to the paper label attached to the underside.
Special notice
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