A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE TEABOWL AND A SAUCER

CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S 10., DREHER'S AND IMPRESSED :: FOR GRUND SENIOR TO THE TEABOWL

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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE TEABOWL AND A SAUCER
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords marks, gilder's 10., Dreher's and impressed :: for Grund Senior to the teabowl
The teabowl exterior with four gilt flutes enclosing brightly coloured scenes of Orientals at play on a continuous green terrace, the interior in Purpurmalerei with a mother and child within double circle, the rim gilt with a band of Laub-und-Bandelwerk; the saucer with a Chinaman standing beside a smoking brazier, a monkey eating fruit at the right, a bird in flight above, the vignette on a gilt trellis bracket enriched in iron-red, purple and Bttger lustre, the rim with a gilt band; together with a Meissen teabowl, circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark, finely painted in colours with two European harbor scenes within shaped gilt cartouches edged with purple and iron-red scrolls and issuing indianische Blumen; and a Meissen table bell painted with huntsmen in landscapes reserved within gilt rocaille scroll and diaper cartouches on the ground painted with scattered flower sprigs
4in. (10.9cm.) high, the bell (4)