red-ground bottle vase

Lot 89. An extremely rare pair of Meissen red-ground bottle vases, circa 1735. Sold for £831,900 (Est: £120,000 - £180,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Each of globular form with a long, slightly flared neck, the body reserved with three shaped quatrelobe cartocuches framed in brown and painted with elaborate chinoiserie landscape scenes, one vase with a bird in flight and flowering branch reserved on the red ground, the lower body and shoulder reserved with a broad band edged with brown lines and... [Lire la suite]