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Tea bowl and saucer
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1725
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Tea bowl: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Saucer: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Rita and Frits Markus Collection
Accession Number1993.230.1a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold. Marks: gilder's 52. in gold to base of bowl and saucer. Circular Tea bowl and saucer with shaped cartouches outlined in gold and painted with polychrome chinoiseries.
Marks
Marks: gilder's 52. in gold to base of bowl and saucer
ProvenanceMarch 1, 1993, sold from the property of "a Danish lady" at Christie's, London, lot 121 and bought by the MFA for the Rita and Frits Markus Collection [see note 1]. (Accession date: May 26, 1993)