CIRCA 1730, BLUE CADUCEUS MARKS

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN BEAKER-VASES
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CADUCEUS MARKS
Painted with birds in flight and perched on branches of bamboo and chrysanthemums issuing from rockwork
11 ¾ in. (29. 8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A pair of vases with closely related decoration is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, museum no. 1974.356.504 and illustrated by Julia Weber, Meissener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, Stiftung Ernst Schneider in Schloss Lustheim, Munich, 2013, Vol. II, p. 437, cat. no. 456.

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