Crater vase with bullfinch and insects. Meissen. Late 1920s. Porcelain, glazed and painted in polychrome onglaze colours, the rims with gold thread. Cylindrical body over a stepped plinth and a wide, protruding rim. The wall on the front with a bullfinch, on the back three insects. The underside with the sword mark of the Pfeiffer period, the incised model number "Q226", the embossed leno digit and the painter's digit. First choice. The gold threads partially slightly rubbed. A small burnt crack on the underside. Measures: H. 16.5 cm.

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