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Flared bowl

Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1725
Object Place: Europe, Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with gilding
Dimensions 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Rita and Frits Markus Collection
Accession Number1993.228
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionFlared bowl decorated with a variety of chinoiserie scenes and scrollwork in gold on the exterior surface and at the base of the interior.
InscriptionsMarks: lustre S mark on base
ProvenanceMarch 1, 1993, sold by the executors of the estate of the late Robert Clarke, Esq., at Christie's, London, lot 124 and bought by the MFA for the Rita and Frits Markus Collection [see note 1]. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)