An early Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1715

An early Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1715 © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd

Each applied with three flowering prunus sprigs, the saucer: 10.9cm diam. (2) Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

Provenance: Korthaus Collection, Frankfurt, sold Christie's London, 1 March 1993, lot 7;
Acquired in the above sale

Literature: Hoffmeister 1999, I, no. 4

Exhibited: Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009

Bonhams. The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part 1, 25 Nov 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com