Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold

Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN OVAL SMALL BASKETS CIRCA 1735

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October 24, 05:26 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN OVAL SMALL BASKETS CIRCA 1735


modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, the exteriors molded with basketwork and affixed with two handles terminating in masks representing the four seasons, the interiors painted with vignettes of two cockerels and the rims embellished in gilding, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue.

Width: 7⅛ in.

18 cm

Property of Lydia Morrison, Sotheby's New York, October 27, 1992, lot 23

E. & H. Manners, London, June 2002

Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 195, p. 448, illus.