CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 21 AND INCISED 4
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A MEISSEN KAKIEMON SHAPED CIRCULAR CHARGER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 21 AND INCISED 4
Painted with a phoenix in flight by camelia and prunus issuing from banded hedges, the border with trailing flowers and butterflies within a shaped brown line rim (two small restored rim chips at 9 and 11 o'clock, minute wear to glaze, minute flaking to enamels, wear to one gilt flowerhead)
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 21 AND INCISED 4
Painted with a phoenix in flight by camelia and prunus issuing from banded hedges, the border with trailing flowers and butterflies within a shaped brown line rim (two small restored rim chips at 9 and 11 o'clock, minute wear to glaze, minute flaking to enamels, wear to one gilt flowerhead)
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) wide
Provenance
Ilse Bischoff Collection, sale Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 23rd February 1973, lot 420
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25th April 1998, lot 43
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25th April 1998, lot 43
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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