Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 21
Four Meissen teabowls and saucers, circa 1722-24
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Four Meissen teabowls and saucers, circa 1722-24
Painted in enamels and gilding with chinoiserie landscape vignettes, each depicting a single figure flanked by flowers and various objects, the rims with a band of gilt floral motifs with circles of dots, alternating with scrollwork, the reverse of the saucers with three sprigs of indianische Blumen, the inside of the teabowl with a single sprig, (4)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Giuseppe Rossi Collection, Turin, sold at Sothebys London, 10-12 March 1999, lot 320
The teapot, coffee pot and sugar box from the same service are illustrated by Richard Seyffarth, Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1981), ills. 2-12, where the teapot is said to be signed by Höroldt.
