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An early Meissen teabowl and saucer, 1713-15 image 1
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Lot 28

An early Meissen teabowl and saucer, 1713-15

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18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An early Meissen teabowl and saucer, 1713-15

Each applied with three moulded leafy branches with rose flower and bud finials, the teabowl incised beneath the glaze within the footrim with three interlaced fish (minor chips) (2)

Footnotes

Literature:
H. Krieger, Aus norddeutscher Sicht: Meissen und Neues zum Böttgersteinzeug, in Keramos 167/168 (April 2000), ills. 29 and 30

The three entwined fish - a Christian symbol of the Trinity and of Baptism - also appear as a motif on silver and potter.

Similar teabowls and saucers (without the incised fish symbol) are in the Wark Collection (U. Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain in the Wark Collection (2011), nos. 25-26. A similarly decorated teapot, beakers and another teabowl and saucer in the Dresden Porcelain Collection are illustrated in U. Pietsch/C. Banz, Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2010), no. 20.

Saleroom notices

Please note that there are three restored rim chips around the rim of the teabowl.

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