822 - Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur

Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Seuter Werkstatt, zugeschrieben A Meissen porcelain figure of a seated Budai Modelled with an open mouth and pierced ears, one hand resting on the knee, the other beneath the thigh. Hollow base with Augsburg lustre mark B. Gilding abraded and scratched, chips to the tips of the toes and the basal rim. Height 9.5 cm. C. 1715 - 20, the gilding by the Seuter workshop, Augsburg. These Budai or pagoda figures were designed as incense burners. The perfumed smoke could escape through the mouth or the head. In the 1770 inventory, Claus Boltz mentions several examples of these figures in different sizes, many of them described as “defect” or “entzwey” (in two). Provenance Röbbig art dealers, Munich. South German private collection. Literature Cf. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710–1810, Munich 1966, cat. no. 836. Cf. Bursche, Meissen. Steinzeug und Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Berlin 1980, cat. no. 296. Cf. Glanz des Barock. Die Sammlung Ludwig in Bamberg, Bamberg 1995, no. 121. Cf. Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in: Keramos 153/1996, p. 53. Cf. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, cat. nos. 306 and 308. Cf. Hanemann (ed.), Goldchinesen und indianische Blumen. Die Sammlung Ludwig in Bamberg. Fayencen und Porzellan, Petersberg 2010, cat. no. 32, polychrome decoration.