Lot Essay
The configuration of the erased inventory numbers suggests that this sugar-box was almost certainly once in the collection of the Japanese Palace.
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PROPERTY FROM THE FALCK COLLECTION (Lots 67–80)
A MEISSEN OVAL TWO-HANDLED KAKIEMON SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, ERASED INVENTORY NUMBERS TO BOTH PIECES
Details
A MEISSEN OVAL TWO-HANDLED KAKIEMON SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, ERASED INVENTORY NUMBERS TO BOTH PIECES
Of oval form with twin scroll handles, the box painted with scattered indianische Blumen, the cover with the 'gelbe Löwe' pattern, with crouching hare finial and brown-line rim
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, ERASED INVENTORY NUMBERS TO BOTH PIECES
Of oval form with twin scroll handles, the box painted with scattered indianische Blumen, the cover with the 'gelbe Löwe' pattern, with crouching hare finial and brown-line rim
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) wide
Provenance
Almost certainly Augustus II The Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Japanese Palace, Dresden.
With G. Röbbig, Munich according to the paper label.
With G. Röbbig, Munich according to the paper label.
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Harriet Bingham