MEISSEN WARES
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN CHINOISERIE FLARED CYLINDRICAL POKALS painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt with a continuous frieze of Oriental figures at various pursuits including gardeners among shrubs by a fence, a blind tea-tasting ceremony, a figure teasing a bird on a perch and with other figures writing and taking tea at a rectangular table and a calligrapher inscribing an oval shield beneath a gilt loop and flowerhead border with pendant Böttger lustre trefoils, the lower part with green and gilt applied acanthus leaves flanked by gilt scrolls and above a wide gilt band, the foot with iron-red scroll ornament (slight scratching and rubbing to gilt band and slight blemish to one rim), blue crossed swords marks, gilder's dot, circa 1725
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN CHINOISERIE FLARED CYLINDRICAL POKALS painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt with a continuous frieze of Oriental figures at various pursuits including gardeners among shrubs by a fence, a blind tea-tasting ceremony, a figure teasing a bird on a perch and with other figures writing and taking tea at a rectangular table and a calligrapher inscribing an oval shield beneath a gilt loop and flowerhead border with pendant Böttger lustre trefoils, the lower part with green and gilt applied acanthus leaves flanked by gilt scrolls and above a wide gilt band, the foot with iron-red scroll ornament (slight scratching and rubbing to gilt band and slight blemish to one rim), blue crossed swords marks, gilder's dot, circa 1725
about 12cm. high (2)
about 12cm. high (2)