Lot Essay
Cf. The Jahn Collection, Lempertz, Cologne, 12 June 1989, lot 25 for a similarly shaped Chinoiserie sugar-box and cover, the interior painted in iron-red with a landscape vignette
CIRCA 1720, PROBABLY PAINTED AT THE AUFFENWERTH WORKSHOP
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI CHINOISERIE OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
Circa 1720, probably painted at the Auffenwerth workshop
Of flattened globular form, with domed cover, painted with Chinoiseries, the cover with figures at a table taking tea, insects in the air within Laub-und-Bandelwerk, the sides with two similar scenes of tiny figures seated in a garden taking tea, a Laub-und-Bandelwerk border above the gilt footrim, the interior of both box and cover decorated in iron-red with flying birds and insects
5in. (13.4cm) wide
Circa 1720, probably painted at the Auffenwerth workshop
Of flattened globular form, with domed cover, painted with Chinoiseries, the cover with figures at a table taking tea, insects in the air within Laub-und-Bandelwerk, the sides with two similar scenes of tiny figures seated in a garden taking tea, a Laub-und-Bandelwerk border above the gilt footrim, the interior of both box and cover decorated in iron-red with flying birds and insects
5in. (13.4cm) wide