A PAIR OF BAYREUTH BROWN-GLAZED RED STONEWARE TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER OCTAGONAL VASES decorated at Augsburg in the Seuter workshop, with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits including taking tea under a canopy, carried in a sedan chair and blowing a long horn among shrubs on terraces, the straight necks and spreading feet with gilt scrollwork and bands (one with handles repaired), circa 1750

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A PAIR OF BAYREUTH BROWN-GLAZED RED STONEWARE TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER OCTAGONAL VASES decorated at Augsburg in the Seuter workshop, with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits including taking tea under a canopy, carried in a sedan chair and blowing a long horn among shrubs on terraces, the straight necks and spreading feet with gilt scrollwork and bands (one with handles repaired), circa 1750
10.5cm. high (2)

Literature

Siegfried Ducret, Meissner Porzellan, vol. I, p 223, no. 280

Lot Essay

See Siegfried Ducret, ibid., for the engraving by Martin Engelbrecht from which the sedan chair scene is taken

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