A BTTGER PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND BEAKER (BECHERTASSE)

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1715, THE DECORATION PROBABLY LATER

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A BTTGER PORCELAIN GREEN-GROUND BEAKER (BECHERTASSE)
The porcelain circa 1715, the decoration probably later
With a yellow entwined handle issuing branches of leaves and buds, enriched in green, blue, pink and iron-red, the interior rim with a band of stylised leaves

Lot Essay

Cf Hans Syz et al., Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington D.C., 1979, no. 21, for a teapot with similar decoration; also The Collection of the Margrave and Grand Duke of Baden; Sotheby's at Baden-Baden, 6-7 October 1995, lot 1277 for a pair of similar beakers with ropetwist handles extending into briar rose branches