A Meissen oval basket

Provenance:
Sotheby's Zurich, 5th December 1991, lot 171

Christies, London, The Property of the Byrnes Children Trust, 12th May 2010, lot 57

A Meissen ozier moulded oval basket, the two loop handles with mask terminals, emblematic of the Four Seasons, and picked out in coloured enamels, the interior painted in Kakiemon style with 'banded hedges' and scattered flowers, brown line rim, 10 1/2" wide overall, circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark

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