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Lot 127

A BÖTTGER HAUSMALEREI GOLDCHINESEN TEABOWL AND A SAUCER

CIRCA 1720, INCISED Z TO FOOTRIM OF SAUCER, THE AUGSBURG DECORATION CIRCA 1725-30

Closed12 May 2010

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GBP 1,250

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A BÖTTGER HAUSMALEREI GOLDCHINESEN TEABOWL AND A SAUCER
CIRCA 1720, INCISED Z TO FOOTRIM OF SAUCER, THE AUGSBURG DECORATION CIRCA 1725-30
The teabowl exterior and saucer reverse moulded with fruiting vine enriched in green, purple and gilding at the Seuter workshop, the teabowl with interlocking gilt strapwork and dots, the saucer gilt with Orientals on a terrace within an octafoil panel against a gilt surround (slight wear and flaking, slight retouching to gilding on saucer) (2)

With Charles Bernstein, Oakland, California

Specialist note

For a bowl with similar moulding and decoration on the exterior, see M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50 (London, 2008), p. 590, no. 286.