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A PAIR OF MEISSEN SELADON-GROUND SAKE-BOTTLES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1730-4, UNDERSIDES OF BOTH WITH WHEEL-ENGRAVED N=291- W JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY MARKS, ONE WITH DREHER 'S IMPRESSED THREE CIRCLES, ONE MARKED TWICE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS
A PAIR OF MEISSEN SELADON-GROUND SAKE-BOTTLES AND COVERS CIRCA 1730-4, UNDERSIDES OF BOTH WITH WHEEL-ENGRAVED N=291- W JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY MARKS, ONE WITH DREHER 'S IMPRESSED THREE CIRCLES, ONE MARKED TWICE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS Of square section, each facet reserved with panels painted in the Kakiemon palette with flowering shrubs alternating with Orientals, one Oriental riding a mythical beast, another with birds on a cord, another walking on a rope, and another striking a fruit with a knife, within gilt interlocking scrollwork quatrefoil cartouches, the tips of the necks reserved with white bands gilt with scrolls and husks, the square covers with gilt ball finials (areas of slight wear, one cover with slender chip to corner, one bottle with gilded chipping to footrim possibly dating from time of manufacture) 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) and 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm.) high (2)