A MEISSEN LARGE LEMON BASKET 19TH CENTURY

THE COLLECTION OF MELINDA AND PAUL SULLIVAN

A MEISSEN LARGE LEMON BASKET

19TH CENTURY

after the 18th-century model by Johann Joachim Kändler produced for Count Heinrich von Brühl, of lobed oval form raised on four scroll feet of which two have paw terminals, the handles modeled as exotic bird perched on a flowering branch, each side modeled with two facing figures of oriental figures, one holding a parasol, below a large reticulated shell applied to the rim, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 34

width 22 in.; 55.9 cm

height 13 in.; 33 cm