Live Auction 7815White Gold 18th Century Porcelain from Meissen and Du Paquier Property of The Byrnes Children Trust
Christie’s roundel
Lot 71

A MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL, SAUCER AND A SLOP-BOWL

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL PIECES, TEABOWL AND SAUCER WITH PAINTER'S E MARKS, SAUCER WITH PRESSNUMMER 52, BOWL WITH PAINTER'S K MARK

Closed12 May 2010

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GBP 625

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A MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL, SAUCER AND A SLOP-BOWL
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO ALL PIECES, TEABOWL AND SAUCER WITH PAINTER'S E MARKS, SAUCER WITH PRESSNUMMER 52, BOWL WITH PAINTER'S K MARK
Painted in the Kangxi style, the fretwork-ground exteriors with raised petal-shaped lappets each with a flower, the base of the interiors with flowering plants below diaper-pattern borders and shaped rims (bowl with restored rim chip)
The bowl 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide (2)

With the Meissen Shop, Palm Beach, Florida, 1987 (teabowl and saucer)
With Charles Bernstein, Oakland, California, 1989 (bowl)

Specialist note

For a discussion of wares with this type of decoration, see Berhard von Barsewisch, 'Unterglasurblaue Malerei', Keramos, no. 121, July 1988, p. 13, no. 10.