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Early Meissen Porcelain Teapot circa 1715 from the Arnhold Collection

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An early Meissen porcelain teapot made circa 1715, decorated by a Dutch hausmaler circa 1730-1740. The teapot is decorated in a Kakiemon palette of turquoise, red, blue and yellow and enriched with gilding. The short, tapering spout and loop handle has flowerheads and stylized clouds. Each side of the body features exotic birds in flight to the left of flowering branches. There are beautifully painted flower-sprays throughout. The domed cover shows three small flowering branches about a band of radiating down-turned stiff leaves and red and gilt bud finial. Condition: Excellent. Minute chip to underside of spout measuring approximately 0.1 cm. Two chips to lid edge measuring 0.5 cm each. Dimensions: 4 7/8 in. H x 3 3/8 in. Dm (12.2 cm H x 8.5 cm Dm) Provenance: Sotheby’s Collection of Henry H. Arnhold Christie’s London, 8 July 2002, lot 46 Galerie Jürg Stuker, Berne, November 1974, lot 3557 Literature: Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710-50, New York 2008, no. 304, p. 610, illus.
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 4.88 in (12.4 cm)Diameter: 3.38 in (8.59 cm)
  • Style:
    Other (In the Style Of)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1715
  • Condition:
    Minor losses. Minute chip to underside of spout measuring approximately 0.1 cm. Two chips to lid edge measuring 0.5 cm each.
  • Seller Location:
    Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 2020.25.11stDibs: LU5643222713092

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