Henry Arnhold’s sale led by Meissen blue and white saucer dish at Sotheby's

The most expensive piece in Sotheby’s Arnhold sale was a lot that made a dramatic increase on its $4000-6000 estimate. This 7½in (19.5cm) diameter blue and white saucer dish (below) was an early example of blue and white Meissen from c.1721-22 that had Japanese Palace inventory marks.

It was part of a group of six, five of which are now in museums (four in the Dresden Porzellansumm…

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