CIRCA 1728, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BOWL, WHEEL-ENGRAVED JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NUMBERS, N=26 / W TO BOWL, HEIGHTENED IN BLACK ENAMEL, AND N=22 / W TO COVER

Painted with flowering branches and a bird perched on a scroll
8¹⁄₂ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter

Augustus II (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Japanese Palace, Dresden.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 26 June 1971, lot 17.
Acquired by Giuseppe Rossi in 1972.

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