Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property of a Private West Coast Collector
A Meissen Chinoiserie Hexagonal Tea Canister and A Cover, Circa 1725
No reserve
Lot Closed
October 18, 04:18 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Meissen Chinoiserie Hexagonal Tea Canister and A Cover, Circa 1725
painted with five standing full-length figures and one seated, the ridges and stepped shoulder with gilt bands, the flat cover gilt with a chinoiserie figure holding weighing scales, gilt numeral 10. to cover
Height 4 in.
10 cm
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.