Lot 168
  • 168

A pair of Meissen two-handled oval baskets, circa 1735

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  •  
  • Porcelain
  • 23.5cm., 9 1/4 in. wide
set with rope twist handles with coloured mask terminals representing the four seasons, each exterior with Sulkowski ozier moulding, the interiors painted in the Kakiemon palette with a bird perched on a flower between flowering shrubs and a rock beneath a lappet border, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 33 to both,

Provenance

Acquired before 1940.

Condition

Each mask terminal has some chips to extremities. One basket has a hairline crack, approx. 5cm long, at handle terminal. The other basket has a hairline crack around a handle terminal.
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