Pair of Teabowls and saucers with chinoiseries
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Dateca.1725; decoration ca.1730
Mediumhard-paste porcelain, and gold.
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.726.1 & G83.1.726.3): 4.5 x 7.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Overall (G83.1.726.2 & G83.1.726.4): 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (2.2 x 14.3 cm)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionMeissen gold Chinese gadrooned teabowls and saucers painted at Augsburg with chinoiserie figures on terraces holding parasols with birds and insects above. They are among palm trees and flowering plants supported on scrolls and foliage within shaped quatrefoil cartouches reserved on a gold ground. The reverse of the saucers and exterior of teabowls has gadroons painted in gilt with scrolls and dots. The interior of the teabowls are painted with birds.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.726.1-4
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German Porcelain - HausmalereiStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1727-1730
Object number: G83.1.596.1-11a-b
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1752-1758
Object number: G91.7.11.1.1-2 - 2.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.616.1-31
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1720; decorated in Augsburg ca.1730
Object number: G83.1.731.1-2
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
ca.1740-1744
Object number: G83.1.1246.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
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Object number: G83.1.745.1-2
Artist / Maker: Johann Georg Funcke
ca.1720; decorated ca.1720-25
Object number: G83.1.715.1-.6
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1735
Object number: G83.1.606.1a-b -2a-b