ID 1250857
Lot 6 | A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN (AUGUSTUS REX) KAKIEMON HEXAGONAL VASES AND COVERS
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
CIRCA 1730, UNDERGLAZE BLUE AR MARKS AND INCISED MARKS
Both decorated to each side in the Kakiemon palette, with a striped tiger, tail raised and head outstretched towards a bird in flight, beside flowering shrubs issuing from rockwork, the shoulder and cover decorated with further kakiemon flowers and birds
10 in. (25.3 cm.) high
Provenance
By repute, Lord Chancellor Viscount George Cave (1856-1928) and thence by descent.
Purchased by the present owner circa 1980.
| Manufactur: | Meissen Porcelain Factory |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Manufactur: | Meissen Porcelain Factory |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |







