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A MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL, SAUCER AND A SLOP-BOWL

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL PIECES, TEABOWL AND SAUCER WITH PAINTER'S E MARKS, SAUCER WITH PRESSNUMMER 52, BOWL WITH PAINTER'S K MARK

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A MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL, SAUCER AND A SLOP-BOWL
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL PIECES, TEABOWL AND SAUCER WITH PAINTER'S E MARKS, SAUCER WITH PRESSNUMMER 52, BOWL WITH PAINTER'S K MARK
Painted in the Kangxi style, the fretwork-ground exteriors with raised petal-shaped lappets each with a flower, the base of the interiors with flowering plants below diaper-pattern borders and shaped rims (bowl with restored rim chip)
The bowl 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
With the Meissen Shop, Palm Beach, Florida, 1987 (teabowl and saucer)
With Charles Bernstein, Oakland, California, 1989 (bowl)
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

For a discussion of wares with this type of decoration, see Berhard von Barsewisch, 'Unterglasurblaue Malerei', Keramos, no. 121, July 1988, p. 13, no. 10.

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