Lot 163
  • 163

A large Meissen kakiemon saucer-dish, circa 1725,

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • elaborate crossed swords marks,
  • Ceramics
  • 37.5cm., 14 3/4in.
painted in bright enamels with peony branches issuing from rocks, the broad border with similar branches (rim chip)

Literature

A very similar dish is illustrated by Hirmer, Fruhes Meissener Porzellan, Monaco 1997, p.136, pl.93.

Condition

shallow chip to rim, approx. ¾. by ½in. Minor wear to enamels and gilding
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Catalogue Note

The carefully-drawn mark, greyish paste and run lines in the glaze are all indications of an early date