Large Snake Handle Vase

Lot 4046 limit € 600

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, profiled round foot, egg-shaped walls with gorged neck, growing from acanthus leaf calyces 2 snake bodies each entwined to form handles, on the front and back in polychrome painting large bouquets of flowers with asters and yellow roses, with rich matte and bright gilding, model no. A 148, H approx. 48 cm, Pfeiffer period 1924-34