An early Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1723
Each painted with a chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red and brown scrollwork, the reverse of the teabowl with a branch of indianische Blumen and scattered insects, the rims gilt, the teabowl: 5cm high; the saucer: 12.4cm diam., incised II inside saucer footrim (2)
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Each painted with a chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red and brown scrollwork, the reverse of the teabowl with a branch of indianische Blumen and scattered insects, the rims gilt, the teabowl: 5cm high; the saucer: 12.4cm diam., incised II inside saucer footrim (2)