A Meissen teabowl with a chinoiserie figure looking at a large fruit and a later Punktzeit saucer with later chinoiserie decoration
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A Meissen teabowl, circa 1723-25
Painted with a Chinoiserie scene depicting a seated figure holding a large fruit, in a gilt scrollwork quatrelobe cartouche embellished with Böttger lustre and iron-red scrollwork, the reverse and inside with indianische Blumen, gilt scrollwork border inside rim; together with a Meissen saucer, circa 1770, similarly decorated, the saucer with crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral (some wear to gilt rim of teabowl) (2)
Sold for £525 inc. premium

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  • Provenance:
    The Kahlenberg Collection

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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