A rare Meissen porcelain spoon, circa 1740
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September 17, 12:08 PM GMT
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800 - 1,200 EUR
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Description
painted with a winged mythical beast and crane in the bowl, the handle with basketweave-moulding, painted with a small beetle and flowers, with further flowers to the underside and edge
Length 18.8 cm; 7 ⅜ in
Bonhams, London, 16 May 2007, lot 54.
See Julia Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbilden, Band II, Munich, 2013, p. 370, for a discussion of this pattern at Meissen, which is loosely based on Chinese famille verte prototypes featuring a mythical qilin creature confronting a descending phoenix type bird; see Weber, ibid., p. 370, fig. 56, for a Chinese dish, circa 1700, with a version of this pattern, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Inv no. AK-RBK-14729, and cat. nos. 381-402, for various Meissen forms featuring the adapted version.
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