Lot 244
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TWO MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN TEABOWLS, TWO MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN SAUCERS, AND A MEISSEN HAUSEMALER GOLD-GROUND SAUCER
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TWO MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN TEABOWLS, TWO MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN SAUCERS, AND A MEISSEN HAUSEMALER GOLD-GROUND SAUCER

CIRCA 1725, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM OF ONE SAUCER, THE TEABOWLS AND FIRST TWO SAUCERS GILT AT AUGSBURG, MOST PROBABLY AT THE WORKSHOP OF ABRAHAM SEUTER

Details
TWO MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN TEABOWLS, TWO MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN SAUCERS, AND A MEISSEN HAUSEMALER GOLD-GROUND SAUCER
Circa 1725, Dreher's to footrim of one saucer, the teabowls and first two saucers gilt at Augsburg, most probably at the workshop of Abraham Seuter
The teabowls with Orientals at various pursuits with fans and parasols on terraces with trees and, shrubs and fences between gilt band borders, the base of the interiors with exotic birds perched on branches below broad scalloped borders edged with scrolls; the first saucer similarly decorated with three vignettes of Orientals within a similar border, 4 7/8in. (12.6cm.) diam.; the second saucer with two Orientals seated on a terrace with rabbits at their feet within a broad scalloped border, 5½in. (14cm.) diam.; the gold ground of the third saucer reserved with three shaped rectangular cartouches about a central shaped triangular cartouche, each edged with scrolling foliage and painted in Schwarzlot and Eisenrot with an Oriental couple, 5in. (12.7cm.) diam. (5)
Provenance
The teabowls and saucers with M. Salomon Kunst-und Antiquitätenhandlung, Dresden, Easter 1927 and June 1927
Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Collection, Dresden (inv. nos. 31 and 37), and thence by descent to the present owner
The Hausmaler saucer with M. Salomon Kunst-und Antiquitätenhandlung, Dresden, January 1928
Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Collection, Dresden (inv. no. 64), and thence by descent to the present owner

Lot Essay

For a saucer of similar type to the first of this lot, see the example from the Ungar Collection, formerly in the Oppenheim Collection and Manheimer Collection, sold by Christie's, New York, 23 April 1998, lot 25 (part).

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