A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie rectangular sugar box and cover, the porcelain circa 1723-24, the decoration later
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June 25, 11:37 AM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 EUR
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800 EUR
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Description
painted with two panels of chinoiserie figures within lustre-filled cartouches embellished with iron-red foliate scrolls, separated by branches of indianische Blumen, the cover with similar vignettes, with iron-red diaper panels, gilt-scrolls, and puce scrolls at the rim edge, crossed swords mark in blue enamel, gilt numeral 13. to both
Width 4 ½ in; 11,5 cm
Anonymous sale, Metz, Heidelberg, 19 May 2018, lot 568;
Acquired at the above sale.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was detected, a result consistent with later manufacture.
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