Sale 6607
London
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8 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 598
Estimate
A pair of Meissen Kakiemon pistol-shaped cutlery-handles The porcelain circa 1730, with white-metal collars fitted with a French steel blade and a white-metal three-tined fork Each decorated in iron-red, blue, yellow and gilt with a blue and yellow-winged dragon in flight above flowering shrubs (very minor deterioration to enamels of knife handle) The handles 3½ in. (8.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Anon., sale Sotheby's London, 29th June 1982, lot 57
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