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Bol à thé et soucoupe en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1726
A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1726
A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1726
30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€6,000 - €7,000
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Bol à thé et soucoupe en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1726
A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1726
A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1726
Painted with chinoiserie scenes within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with iron-red and purple scrollwork, the saucer with a seated figure with teawares in a tent with another figure overhead, the teabowl with a figure with an animal on one side and three rabbits on the reverse, the teabowl with hanging sprays of indianische Blumen to each side, and a spray in the centre, gilt scroll and strapwork borders to the rims, the teabowl: 4.9cm high; the saucer: 12.7cm diam., gilt numeral 4. to both, impressed .. inside footrim of teabowl for Johann Martin Kittel and incised / to saucer (2)
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Provenance
Private Collection, Germany;
The Said Marouf Collection, sold at Bonhams London, 5 December 2012, lot 10
Literature
Pietsch, U./Jakobsen, K., Frühes Meissener Porzellan, 1997, no. 162 (part);
Pietsch, U., Passion for Meissen, 2010, no. 34
Mauri, Luigi, Fragili Emozioni: Porcellane europee nel gusto di un collezionista lombardo, Milan, 2013, pp. 77-79, cat. 35
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, Frühes Meissener Porzellan. Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, 19 January-6 April 1997;
Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, Frühes Meissener Porzellan. Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, 7 May-13 July 1997
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