Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 124

A MEISSEN TORTOISE-SHELL GROUND VASE

CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 7159

Closed20 October 2009

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USD 5,250

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A MEISSEN TORTOISE-SHELL GROUND VASE
CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 7159
Of baluster form, painted in platinum on both sides with a putto stringing flowering vine among the clouds, the rims with gilt trellis and diaper cartouches
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) high

Specialist note

For another example of this rare platinum and tortoise-shell ground combination, see Property from the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc, Christie's, New York, 21 March 1997, lot 29. Also see Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China, An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 91, fig. 229.