Lot Essay
For a Chinese Rouleau vase decorated in Holland between 1709 and 1725 with a blue dragon and a phoenix, see Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700-1830, London, p.81, fig. 12.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 319 - 329)
TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN DUTCH-DECORATED KAKIEMON SAKE-BOTTLES
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1725
Details
TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN DUTCH-DECORATED KAKIEMON SAKE-BOTTLES
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1725
Each square section bottle painted with dragons and phoenixes
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1725
Each square section bottle painted with dragons and phoenixes
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
The Brigadier J.M. Neilson Collection.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 16 May 2007, lot 11.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 16 May 2007, lot 11.
Literature
John Ayers, Oliver Impey and J.V.G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, London, 1990, p. 243, no. 267 (one of the pair).
Exhibited
London, British Museum, 'Porcelain for Palaces', 6 July - 4 November 1990.
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