CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURAL INCENSE-BURNER
CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein as a seated chinoiserie figure, with pierced holes to his ears and mouth, seated on a green cushion and wearing a flowered robe, feeding an open mouthed monkey on his right knee
6 1⁄4 in. (16 cm.) high

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

Another example from the Hasse Collection was sold by Bonhams, London, on the 8 October 2014, lot 22.

See Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, London, 1972, Vol. I, p. 76, where she notes that the Taxa price list from 1735 states: 'Ein Pagott mit einem Affen von Thon bossiert' (a pagoda with a monkey modelled in clay).

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