713 - MEISSEN

MEISSEN Title: Porcelain sugar bowl with gold-etched chinoiseries. Date: Ca. 1720/1730. Designer: Dekor Seuter-Werkstatt, Augsburg. Material: Porcelain, etched gold decor. Measurement: Height 6 cm, length 12 cm. Mark: On the bottom lustre mark. Description: Oval in shape. A bulbous, flattened body with a strongly rounded lid. On the long sides of the body, chinoiserie scenes featuring tree backdrops on ornamental consoles. On one side, a Chinese man seated in the centre, flanked by two kneeling Chinese men; above them, in the sky, a flying dragon. On the opposite side, a group of Chinese men seated at a table. Between the scenes are depictions of birds on branches. On the lid is a depiction of a Chinese nobleman in a palanquin, carried by two Chinese men. Based on an engraving by Martin Engelbrecht from the series ‘Habitus et Mores Sinesium’. Various rim decors. The composition of the decoration follows the repertoire of motifs developed by Abraham and Bartholomäus Seuter. Provenance: - Private collection Bavaria. Literature: - Ducret, Sigfried: Meissener Porzellan bemalt in Augsburg 1718 bis um 1750. Volume 1: Goldmalereien und bunte Chinoiserien. Braunschweig 1971, p. 136, no. 103; p. 193, no. 215 (body); pp. 222-223, nos. 278, 279, 280, 281 (lid). Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 18.49 Euro plus 3.51 Euro VAT EU: 26.89 Euro plus 5.11 Euro VAT Third country: 54.62 Euro plus 10.38 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Meissen #Germany #Baroque (Louis XIV) #Sugar Bowl #Porcelain.