Sale 7483
London
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10 July 2007
Price realised
GBP 1,800
Estimate
A MEISSEN KAKIEMON TEABOWL AND SAUCER CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INDISTINCT PRESSNUMMER TO TEABOWL Painted with flowering peony issuing from blue and turquoise rockwork, an insect in flight above, brown line rims
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