A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CENTREPIECE EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER
Lot 87 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CENTREPIECE EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed2 June 2009

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GBP 2,250

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CENTREPIECE EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING AND SUMMER
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J.Kändler and J.F.Eberlein, the pierced quatrefoil basket with a shell-moulded rim, the interior painted with a loose bouquet and sprigs, the exterior moulded with the Dulong pattern, the quatrefoil panels painted with birds perched on branches, supported by two scantily draped nymphs emblematic of Spring and Summer with attendant putti (extended hairline cracks, slight chipping to leaves, flowers and tip of corn, slight wear to gilding and enamels)
17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm.) high

Giampaolo Lukacs Collection, sale Sotheby's Milan, 18 April 2007, lot 164.