AN AUGUSTUS REX VASE WITH CHINOISERIE DECORATION Meissen, c. 1735-40. The painting probably from the 19th century. The globular middle section with two lobed reserves, one side depicting Chinese figures grouped around a table and accompanied by a musician playing the lute, the other side with a Chinese group with dignitaries presenting porcelain on a table. The neck and foot with “indianischen blumen" and two birds in reserve on a purple ground, gold rims. AR mark in blue on the unglazed base. H 47 cm. Provenance: - With Kunsthandel Ars Domi, Zurich. - Swiss private collection. Comparable works: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Inv. no. PE 1346 (for the form), PE 1340 (for the ground decoration with painting). For comparable purple-ground porcelain with corresponding East Asian decoration, see SKD, Inv. no. PE 5311.

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