A Meissen miniature bottle from the 'Gelber L?we' service, circa 1755-60
Painted in Kakiemon style with, on one side a tiger curling around bamboo, flowering peony bushes on the reverse, mounted with a stopper and chain, 8cm high, faint traces of crossed swords mark in blue
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Provenance:Warsaw court confectionary (Hofkonditorei);With Heinz Reichert, Munich;Acquired from the above106 miniature vases of this type with a narrow neck were delivered to the Warsaw court confectionary (Hofkonditorei) in 1756; see J. Weber, Meissener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern (2013), II, p. 282, no. 262. Another 94 'spizzige[n] Blumen T?fpgen mit dem gelben L?wen' [pointed small flower pots with the yellow lion] were sent in September 1760.