A PAIR OF MEISSEN UNDERGLAZE BLUE HAUSMALEREI TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN UNDERGLAZE BLUE HAUSMALEREI TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1730, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER, UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND 'H' WITHIN TWO CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

Decorated in underglazed-blue with the 'rock and bird' pattern enriched with gilding and over-decorated in the workshop of F.J. Ferner in iron-red, green, yellow and black with Chinamen on grassy knolls, branches of flowers, buildings and a dog seated on a mound, the rims with underglaze blue loops, gilt with foliage-- (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Hans, Syz, J. Jefferson Miller II and Rainer Ruckert, Catalogue of The Hans Syz Collection, Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei, Washington, D.C., 1979, fig. 160 for a similar mark and fig. 372 for a similar teabowl and saucer