Flacon with Early Kauffahrtei Scenes

Meissen, circa 1725 / Height: 8.3 cm (with mounting), 7 cm (without) / Mounting: Fire-gilt silver

Early finely painted Kauffahrtei scenes. Oval base, slightly convex round body with gold and Böttger lustre fluting on the neck and foot, female maskarons on the sides.

Provenance: Brattig 2010, no. 70, p. 180

Cf.:

• Lübke I, no. 71 (with half-Chinese figures, see Schulz Codex, plate 48 center left, plate 67 top)
• Morley-Fletcher, p. 74 (four examples with Chinoiserie decoration, one with early Kauffahrtei scene)