Théière couverte en porcelaine de Meissen KPM, circa 1725 ...

Théière couverte en porcelaine de Meissen KPM, circa 1725

A Meissen KPM teapot and cover, circa 1725

Each side painted with a chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red scrollwork, the curved spout and mask terminal embellished in gilding, the handle with indianische Blumen, both flanked by birds and insects in flight, the domed cover with a continuous chinoiserie scene including two cockerels, attached to the handle by a chain, 11.5cm high, K.P.M. and crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 71. to both, black painted collector's number E.3332 2
Provenance:
The Property of Mrs J. Werner, Lugano, Switzerland, sold Christie's London, 3 December 1979, lot 195