
Sebastian Kuhn
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Provenance:
Dr. Mario Leproni Collection, anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 May 2009, lot 306
Literature:
A. d'Agliano/L. Melegati, I Fragili Lussi (2001), no.12;
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 8
A beaker from the same service with a chinoiserie scene on one side and a dragon on the reverse is in the Dr. Ernst Schneider Colletion, Schloss Lustheim, inv. no. ES 271 (A. Schommers / M. Grigat-Hunger, Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts (2004), no. 29). The chinoiserie scenes on this service belong to the earliest decoration developed by J.G. Höroldt; the seated figure with the spinning wheel is on pl. 3.