Lot 61*
A Meissen octagonal sugar box and matched cover, circa 1725
7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,250 inc. premium
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A Meissen octagonal sugar box and matched cover, circa 1725
The box painted with a continuous chinoiserie scene depicting single seated figures flanked by flowers and bushes, alternating with exotic animals and birds, below a gilt scrollwork border, the cover with two chinoiserie vignettes enclosed by a band of floral panels and gilt scrollwork, gold and purple borders, 11.2cm across, KPM and crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numerals 52 (box) and 26 (cover) (tiny chip to rim of box, some flaking to gilt rim of cover) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Basel;
Private Collection, Switzerland
Literature:
Pauls-Eisenbeiss 1972, vol. I, p. 474f.
