Chinoiserie Flacon

Height: 7.2 cm / 8.9 cm with mounting / Overglaze crossed swords mark in purple / Meissen, circa 1723/25

One of the few Chinoiserie flacons (very rare compared to Kauffahrtei decorations)

Cf.:

• Lübke I, no. 71 (a "retouched" half-Chinese example from the 19th century, Ahlden, Sep. 2000)
• Morley Fletcher, p. 94, bottom right (circa 1725)
• Cahn-Speyer Collection, fig. 1, p. 57 (Gold Chinoiseries)