Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 43
A Meissen oval basket, circa 1740
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen oval basket, circa 1740
Probably modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the exterior moulded with a basketwork pattern, applied with two basketwork handles with mask terminals emblematic of the Four Seasons, coloured in enamels and gilding, the interior painted in Kakiemon style with scattered flower sprigs and wheat sheafs, 27.4cm long, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral (small chips to masks)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Zurich, 5 December 1991, lot 171;
With M. & G. Segal, Basel;
Dr. Roy Byrnes Collection, California, sold Christie's London, 12 May 2010, lot 57
