Sale 6925
London
|
5 July 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,673
Estimate
A Meissen model of an Amazonian parakeet CIRCA 1745, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK Modelled to the right with its head turned towards its tail, with bright multi-coloured plumage, perched on a tree-stump applied with leafy branches (broken from base and restored, broken through tail, restoration to head, wings, tree-stump and branches) 5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's London, 24th February 1997, lot 283.
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Literature
Guttmann Catalogue, no. 96.
Another example is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), no. 1083.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
From Surrey to Sydney, 5 homes around the world created by titans of 20th-century architecture — all from Christie’s International Real Estate
PurseBop outlines the four stages that mark the evolution of an Hermès connoisseur, and the bags that accompany each