Lot Essay
A Kakiemon sugar-box, bowl and teapot with similar decoration were sold in these Rooms on 8th July 2002, lots 68-70
CIRCA 1728, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A MEISSEN KAKIEMON TUREEN
CIRCA 1728, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Painted with an extensive trailing flowering tree peony, the reverse with a blue bird perched on a leaf and with a scrolling feather in its beak (cover lacking, slight surface crack above peony bud)
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1728, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Painted with an extensive trailing flowering tree peony, the reverse with a blue bird perched on a leaf and with a scrolling feather in its beak (cover lacking, slight surface crack above peony bud)
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Nyffeler Collection, sale Christie's, London, 9th June 1986, lot 134
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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