Sale 6925
London
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5 July 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,195
Estimate
A Böttger white teabowl and saucer CIRCA 1720 The exterior of the teabowl and underside of the saucer applied with three flowering rose stems (minute chipping to flowers, footrim of saucer with very slight shallow chipping, slight firing faults)
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A pair of similar teabowls and saucers were sold in these Rooms on 4th December 1978, lot 211.
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