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SEE DR. K. BERLING, ED., MEISSEN CHINA: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, NEW YORK, 1972, P. 52 AND 56, FIG. 114 FOR THE PROTOTYPE, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY J.J. KäNDLER IN THE 18TH CENTURY FOR FRIEDRICH THE GREAT.
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CIRCA 1840, BLUE J.P. MARKS TO PENDANT VASES
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED JACOB PETIT GREEN-GROUND FLOWER-ENCRUSTED POT-POURRI GARNITURE
CIRCA 1840, BLUE J.P. MARKS TO PENDANT VASES
IN THE MEISSEN STYLE, EACH WITH RETICULATED ROCAILLE-MOULDED DOMED COVER, ABOVE A PIERCED GALLERY AND INVERTED-PEAR SHAPED VASE, FINELY PAINTED WITH EITHER A PASTORAL FIGURE OR AN AMOROUS COUPLE WITHIN A GILT CARTOUCHE AND AN APPLIED FLOWER AND FRUIT SURROUND, THE REVERSE WITH A RICH BOUQUET, FLANKED BY FOLIATE SCROLL HANDLES AND PUTTI OFFERING POSIES, ABOVE A CONFORMING SOCLE AND PIERCED ROCAILLE SCROLL FOOT
12¾ IN. (32.3 CM.) HIGH (6)
CIRCA 1840, BLUE J.P. MARKS TO PENDANT VASES
IN THE MEISSEN STYLE, EACH WITH RETICULATED ROCAILLE-MOULDED DOMED COVER, ABOVE A PIERCED GALLERY AND INVERTED-PEAR SHAPED VASE, FINELY PAINTED WITH EITHER A PASTORAL FIGURE OR AN AMOROUS COUPLE WITHIN A GILT CARTOUCHE AND AN APPLIED FLOWER AND FRUIT SURROUND, THE REVERSE WITH A RICH BOUQUET, FLANKED BY FOLIATE SCROLL HANDLES AND PUTTI OFFERING POSIES, ABOVE A CONFORMING SOCLE AND PIERCED ROCAILLE SCROLL FOOT
12¾ IN. (32.3 CM.) HIGH (6)
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WITH THE ANTIQUE PORCELAIN CO. LTD., LONDON