• 500 Years: Decorative Arts Eur auction at Christies

    Sale 2360

    500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets

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    23 November 2010

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    • A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GOURD-SHAP
    Lot 360

    A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GOURD-SHAPED COFFEE-POT AND COVER

    CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

    Price realised

    USD 6,875

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GOURD-SHAPED COFFEE-POT AND COVER
    CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
    The stalk forming the finial, the body striped in green and yellow, molded with three large leaves and a bud, picked out in dark green and edged in red and yellow and issuing from the vine handle
    9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high (2)

    Provenance

    The Estate of Dorothy Hirschon; Sotheby's, New York, 26 September 1998, lot 303.

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    Lot Essay

    A castor in the form of a gourd, with similar striped decoration was sold Sotheby's, New York, 2 November 1967, lot 219.

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    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOT 360)

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