Live Auction 3786The Collection of Carroll Petrie & European Decorative Arts from the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, including the Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection
A MEISSEN (AUGUSTUS REX) PORCELAIN VASE
Lot 1232

A MEISSEN (AUGUSTUS REX) PORCELAIN VASE

CIRCA 1730, BLUE AR MONOGRAM MARK, INCISED DREHER'S XII TO THE FOOTRIM

Closed31 March 2016

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A MEISSEN (AUGUSTUS REX) PORCELAIN VASE
CIRCA 1730, BLUE AR MONOGRAM MARK, INCISED DREHER'S XII TO THE FOOTRIM
Painted in bright colors and enriched in gilt with a bird perched in flowering branches of indianische Blumen, peonies and other exotic flowers issuing from pots, the mouth cut down
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

Bequest of Frances Oliver, Birmingham, 1972.

Specialist note

See Christie's, London, 14 July 2006, lot 89 for a garniture of three baluster vases of this form with flared mouth.