A Meissen teabowl and saucer circa 1739-1740
62*
A Meissen lavender-ground teabowl and saucer, circa 1740
Painted in the manner of A.F. von Löwenfinck with fantasy animals (Fabeltiere) flanked by flowers, in a landscape vignette on the saucer and within two shaped quatrelobe reserves on the teabowl, brown-edged rims, the teabowl: 4.1cm high; the saucer: 11.9cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed 2 to saucer (2)
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
€2,300 - 3,500
US$ 3,000 - 4,500

Footnotes

  • Literature:
    Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 155a

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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