A large Meissen porcelain slop bowl with famille rose decor

A large Meissen porcelain slop bowl with famille rose decor

Tapering bowl on a tall basal ring decorated with flowering sprigs and a fantastic bird perched upon a flower. The well with a phoenix in iron red. Blue crossed swords mark and incised /. A minor chip to the inside of the basal ring, some scratches. H 8.9, D 17.2 cm.
Circa 1730, decor attributed to Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck.

Provenance

Acquired in 1991 from Heinz Reichert, Munich.

Literature

Cf. this decor in: Pietsch, Phantastische Welten. Malerei auf Meissener Porzellan und deutschen Fayencen von Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck 1714 - 1754, Dresden 2014, nos. 36 - 39.
Cf. a teapot with similar decor in: Pietsch, Early Meissen porcelain, Lübeck 1993, no. 53.
Cf. a similar slop bowl with café au lait ground formerly housed in the Arnhold Collection (in: Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710 - 50, London 2008, nos. 159).