
Sebastian Kuhn
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Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 168
The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace lists sixty-four cups and sixty-three of this type ('geschwiffte Theé Tassen, mit einem Henckel, mit Rothen Vögeln und Blümgen gemahlt [...] detto Unterschaalen') under no. 365 (quoted by Claus Boltz, Japanaisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769. Keramos 153 (1996), p. 58.
Another cup of the same shape from the Kahlenberg Collection was sold in these rooms, 12 December 2012, lot 29.