A Meissen porcelain box with gilt Chinoiserie scenes - image-1

Lot 559 Dα

A Meissen porcelain box with gilt Chinoiserie scenes

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 496 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain box with gilt Chinoiserie scenes

Rare cylindrical form with moulded rim and shell handles. Unmarked. Minor wear to the gilding, a chip below one handle. H 5, W 12.5 cm.
Porcelain fired before 1723, decorated in Augsburg, Seuter-Workshop, ca. 1730.

Provenance

A South German Familiy collection.

Literature

Cf. a tureen with lid in the same form in the collection of the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in: Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 117.
Cf. cat. Triumph der blauen Schwerter, Dresden-Leipzig 2010, no. 22.