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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 16
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A MEISSEN KAKIEMON PLATE
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 16
Painted with a phoenix in flight to the left before a terrace of banded hedges issuing flowering prunus, the border with three flowering branches alternating with three moths, within a shaped brown line rim (slight wear to phoenix's tail feather, area of well and gilding, slight sanding to glaze)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 16
Painted with a phoenix in flight to the left before a terrace of banded hedges issuing flowering prunus, the border with three flowering branches alternating with three moths, within a shaped brown line rim (slight wear to phoenix's tail feather, area of well and gilding, slight sanding to glaze)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon., sale Sotheby's London, 30th June 1981, lot 108.
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