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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER AND COVER
Lot 35 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. LARRY AYRES

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER AND COVER

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed19 April 2012

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER AND COVER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Of arched rectangular form, the cover with floral knop finial, painted in the Kakiemon style and palette with peony, prunus, chrysanthemum and bamboo in a root pattern
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high overall (2)

Martha L. Isaacson Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2001, lot 165.

Specialist note

See R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pl. 68, no. 255 for a cup and saucer in the same pattern.