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A rare Meissen blue and white tureen and cover 1730-35
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Description
- height 12 1/4 in.
- 31.1 cm
of footed U-form, set with two female head handles with scroll terminals, probably modelled by J. C. L. Lücke, and painted with sprays of oriental flowers within trellis pattern borders at the rim and foot, the cover similarly decorated and with an artichoke-form knop, crossed swords and S mark in underglaze-blue.
Provenance
The Property of a Lady, sold, Christie's, London, February 2, 1976, lot 148
Catalogue Note
A tureen of similar form, but with a figural knop, is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, pl. 133. no. 525, where, on p. 124, the author suggests Lücke as the modeller based on a work report entry referencing "Einen Henckel in Forma einer Sirena auf einen Eyß Topf" . A tureen of this form, with very similar decoration, is illustrated by Klaus-Peter Arnold et al, Meissener Blaumalerei aus Drei Jahrhunderten, pp. 149-150, no. 48. A similar pair of tureens was sold at Christie's, London, November 12, 1976, lot 18.