Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 41
A very rare Meissen ovoid jug, circa 1735
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,100 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A very rare Meissen ovoid jug, circa 1735
The ribbed body applied with a strap handle, painted in Kakiemon style with a dragon perched on bamboo opposite flowering plants and another in flight, the handle with trailing flowers, brown-edged rim, 16.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale in these Rooms, 12 December 2012, lot 83
A plate decorated with this rare pattern was sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 26 May 2010, lot 24, and another was in the Arnhold Collection, New York (M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50 (2008), no. 242).
