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A MEISSEN PAGODA FIGURE

CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK

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A MEISSEN PAGODA FIGURE
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK
The seated figure modelled as a pastille burner with an open mouth, in a yellow conical hat, yellow-lined robe with Oriental flowers, motifs and gilt dots and a gilt collar, a gilt belt hung with feathers (restoration to head and hat, minute chipping to footrim)
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
With The Meissen Shop, Palm Beach, 2003
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

A very similar pagoda figure was in the Oppenheimer Collection, see Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Sammlung Margarete und Franz Oppenheimer (1927), pl. 1.

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