Meissen beaker (‘Ranftbecher’) with Gold Chinese figures

Meissen Böttger porcelain before the mark (before 1723)
Faintly visible lustre mark; height: 8 cm; Gold painting in Augsburg around 1730

Ranft beaker with a gilded foot, the inside completely gilded. On the outside, etched gold Chinese on ornamental brackets with a lattice field, scrollwork, tendrils, scrollwork and dotted chains as well as the typical Augsburg rim pattern.

Meissen beakers with Augsburg gold painting were popular for a long time, as shown by the beaker with the coat of arms of Emperor Franz I, who was elected emperor in 1745 (Rückert 1966 no. 48 t. 16; Bonhams 04.12.2019 no. 39).