Of lobed, quatrefoil form, each reserved with two panels finely painted in shades of copper-green and in black with Watteauesque scenes depicting elegant figures in landscape settings, the burnished gold ground reserved with foliate borders and finely painted green flower sprigs, the bowl with a band of gilt scrollwork and shell motifs below the rim, the cover with a gilt ball finial, the insides of the rim gilt, 14.5cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (2)
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Provenance:Charlotte and Gustav von Klemperer Collection, Dresden (by 1926);Thence by descent;Confiscated in December 1938;Staatliche Porzellan-Galerie Dresden-Zwinger from 1943;Porzellansammlung Dresden, inv. no. P.E. 1136;Resituted to the heirs of Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer, by whom sold at Christie's London, 30 September 1991, lot 151;Purchased by the present owner in the above saleLiterature:L. Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Porzellansammlung Gustav von Klemperer (1928), no. 231, pl. 34;G. Reinheckel, Meissener Prunkservice (1989), no. 65 (illustrated)This type of decoration was reserved for porcelain made for members of the Saxon royal family and for royal gifts, such as to the Dauphin and Dauphine in 1747 (S. Schwarz and J. Munger, Gifts of Meissen Porcelain to the French Court, 1728-50, in M. Cassidy-Geiger (ed.), Fragile Diplomacy (2007), p. 161).The teapot and milk jug from the same service were also in the von Klemperer Collection, Dresden (Schnorr von Carolsfeld, nos. 229-230).