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Meissen butter tub with chinoiserie underglaze blue, C. 1740
$2,300.00 AUD
Rare Meissen butter tub, painted in underglaze blue with chinoiserie scenes, the cover with two oriental ladies in a garden, the base with a continuous landscape, the knop modelled as an artichoke and picked out in blue. Impressed 5, early crossed swords to interior base with dot between blades, Circa 1740
| Condition | lid restored. |
|---|---|
| Size | 10.7cm d. |
| References | ref. Gillmeister Collection p. 194 for a similar example C. 1740, also Meissener Blaumalerei #201, 187, 179 for the unusual mark, dated 1745-60. |
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