CIRCA 1735, THE HOT-MILK JUG WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Name: TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN YELLOW-GROUND TEA WARES
Brand: CIRCA 1735, THE HOT-MILK JUG WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Price: 3800.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 4,788

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TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN YELLOW-GROUND TEA WARES

CIRCA 1735, THE HOT-MILK JUG WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Price Realised USD 4,788

Comprising a teapot of Japanese form with a possibly matched cover, the arched handle applied with two chrysanthemum heads, the handle and triangular spout with indianische Blumen, the body and cover each reserved with two panels painted in the style associated with Adam Fredrich von Löwenfinck with figures by shrubs and rockwork; and a hot-milk jug and matched cover reserved below the spout with a quatrefoil panel with the 'Two Quail' pattern, the porcelain handle with a foliate-molded tip
6³⁄₄ in. (17.2 cm.) high, the tea kettle
3⁷⁄₈ in. (9.8 cm.) high, the hot-milk jug

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For an example of a teapot of similar form together with the Japanese original of 1660-1670 see Ulrich Pietsch, Meissener Porzellan und seine Ostasiatischen Vorbilder, Leipzig, 1996, p. 80, no. 20. See also Christie's, King Street, 8th July 2008, lot 47.

For a turquoise-ground example milk-jug of the same form and similar date, see Ulrich Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain: The Wark Collection from the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, London, 2011, p. 376, no. 431.