A Meissen porcelain tea bowl and saucer with “indianische blumen” - image-1
A Meissen porcelain tea bowl and saucer with “indianische blumen” - image-2
A Meissen porcelain tea bowl and saucer with “indianische blumen” - image-1A Meissen porcelain tea bowl and saucer with “indianische blumen” - image-2

Lot 884 Dα

A Meissen porcelain tea bowl and saucer with “indianische blumen”

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.200 €

A Meissen porcelain tea bowl and saucer with “indianische blumen”

Thinly potted tea bowl with original saucer. Decorated with finely painted prunus sprigs. Blue crossed swords mark with pronounced pommels in two concentric circles.
Around 1725 – 30.

This kind of stylised décor based on Asian designs can be found in various different types of vessels, for example the large vases for the tower room in the Dresden Residence.

Literature

Cf. Gielke, Meissener Porzellan des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Bestandskatalog der Sammlung des Grassimuseums, Leipzig 2003, no. 51 f. Cf. cat.: Das Porzellankabinett im Hausmannsturm des Dresdener Residenzschlosses, Dresden 2019, no. 12 f.