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A very rare Meissen Cup
with a Spout, the gently flaring sides of the cup painted in the style of
Johann Ehrenfried Stadler with Chinese figures holding parasols beside
flowering oriental plants, within purple monochrome edged quatrefoil
cartouches reserved on a yellow ground, the exceptionally well turned foot
with a broad gilt band, and the spout painted with insects, the loop
handle painted with iron red floral detail.
Circa: 1730
Height: 2 ins (5 cms)
Length: 4 ¼ ins (11 cms)
A similar example formerly in the Franz Oppenheimer Collection and then
the Dr. Fritz Mannheimer Coll. now in the Rijksmuseum, see Abraham L-den
Blaauwen ‘Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum’, no. 214.