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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'BIENENMUSTER' PLATE AND A PURPUR GROUND CUP AND SAUCER
Lot 106 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. LARRY AYRES

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'BIENENMUSTER' PLATE AND A PURPUR GROUND CUP AND SAUCER

THE PLATE CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, PRESSNUMMER 12; THE CUP AND SAUCER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S / TO THE CUP AND XX TO THE SAUCER

Closed19 April 2012

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'BIENENMUSTER' PLATE AND A PURPUR GROUND CUP AND SAUCER
THE PLATE CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, PRESSNUMMER 12; THE CUP AND SAUCER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S / TO THE CUP AND XX TO THE SAUCER
THE FIRST BOLDLY PAINTED WITH A VIGNETTE OF A RIBBON-TIED BOUQUET AND THREE BUTTERFLIES WITHIN OZIER-MOLDED BORDER, GILT LINE RIM; THE SECOND IN THE KAKIEMON STYLE WITH BIRDS AMONG FLOWERING BRANCHES, WITHIN BROWN AND GILT LINE RIMS; TOGETHER WITH A MODERN MEISSEN KAKIEMON LOZENGE-SHAPED DISH
9½ IN. (24.1 CM.) DIAMETER (4)

ANONYMOUS SALE; SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, 25 OCTOBER 1991, LOT 304.

Specialist note

FOR SIMILAR PLATES, SEE J. JEFFERSON MILLER II AND R. RüCKERT, CATALOGUE OF THE HANS SYZ COLLECTION, VOL. I, P. 175, NO. 101; E. ZIMMERMANN, MEISSENER PORZELLAN P. 116, PL. 28; AND CHRISTIE'S, GENEVA, 13 NOVEMBER 1989, LOT 105. ALSO SEE R. RüCKERT, MEISSENER PORZELLAN, PL. 118, NO. 475 FOR AN ARMORIAL TRAY IN THIS PATTERN.