A very large Meissen porcelain Schneeballen vase and cover , MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, 1860-1880 | Christie's

Sale 2641

EUROPEAN CERAMICS, DUTCH DELFTWARE AND GLASS

Amsterdam

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9 November 2004

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Lot 540

A very large Meissen porcelain Schneeballen vase and cover

MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, 1860-1880

Price realised

EUR 20,315

Estimate

EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000

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A very large Meissen porcelain Schneeballen vase and cover
MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, 1860-1880
The baluster body encrusted with flowerheads, applied with branches with a perched life-size yellow woodpecker and another bird, the domed cover en suite with two other birds, the lower section pierced (chips and small restorations to extremities)
Circa 85 cm. high (2)
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