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Lot 1711 - A174 Silver & Porcelain - Thursday, 17. September 2015, 02.00 PM

SMALL TEAPOT WITH OMBRE INSECTS,

Meissen, ca. 1745.
Naturalistically painted animal spout and J–shaped handle decorated with rocailles and accentuated with purple, painted with ombré insects all around, the flat lid with gilt pine cone finial and matching insects. Underglaze blue sword mark. H 11.5 cm.

Provenance:
– Sotheby's Zurich, Continental Ceramics, Furniture and Decorations, 21 November 1990, Lot No. 82.
– from a Swiss private collection.


CHF 600 / 800 | (€ 620 / 820)

Sold for CHF 10 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.