Ghislaine Howard
Sale Coordinator
Lot 11
Boîte couverte à thé rectangulaire en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1735
A Meissen rectangular tea canister and a matched cover, circa 1735
A Meissen rectangular tea canister and a matched cover, circa 1735
17 April 2024, 14:00 CEST
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €4,480 inc. premium
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Boîte couverte à thé rectangulaire en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1735
A Meissen rectangular tea canister and a matched cover, circa 1735
A Meissen rectangular tea canister and a matched cover, circa 1735
Painted with a continuous chinoiserie scene depicting figures seated at a table beneath a palm tree on one side, and another being carried in a sedan chair, flanked by flowers and with insects in flight overhead, below a gilt border with trellis panels and scrollwork, enclosing on the top chrysanthemums reserved on a trelis ground, the cover with gilt scrollwork filled with Boettger lustre and a gilt border, 10.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, gilt numerals 13. (the canister) and 23. (the cover) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 2 March 1994, lot 17
