https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/7190/fullPair of Covered Vasesca.1730Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryOverall (G83.1.588.2a-b): 14 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (38 x 21.3 cm)
Overall (G83.1.588.1a-b): 14 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (37.8 × 21.3 cm)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding, one with a tin-glazed earthenware (petit feu faience) replacement coverGift of George R. and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.588.1a-b-2a-b1A pair of Meissen Augustus Rex yellow-ground slender oviform vases and domed covers. Each is painted with three ogival panels by J. E. Stadler. The panels are painted with Chinoiserie figures and children on terraces among flowering plants and by incense-burners, with exotic birds and insects flying above. Both covers have ormolu finials, one cover an 18th Century German faience replacement.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1830181260GermanAugustus II (1694-1733)AR monogram for Augustus Rex in underglaze blue