A very rare Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1725
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A very rare Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1725
Painted in enamels and Böttger lustre in the manner of J.E. Stadler with a chinoiserie garden scene including a fisherman, small pagoda and flowering branches issuing from rockwork, iron-red formal borders, the well of the teabowl with a similar scene within iron-red concentric circles, the teabowl: 4.2cm high; the saucer: 12.5cm diam, incised / inside footrim of teabowl (very minor rubbing to saucer) (2)
Sold for £3,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Another teabowl and saucer with this rare decoration was sold by Galerie Koller, Zürich, 28 March 2011, lot 1551.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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