A rare early Meissen saucer, after 1713. Photo: Bonhams.

The reverse applied with three sprigs of scrolling acanthus leaves, 12.7cm diam. (miniscule flat rim chips). Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,200 - 1,900)

Other examples of early Meissen porcelain with this rare decoration include: a teabowl in the Rijksmuseum (A.L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum (2000), no. 13); another in the Dresden Porcelain Collection (Meißen Frühzeit und Gegenwart, exhibition catalogue, Dresden (1982). ill. I/70); a beaker sold by Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 May 1970, lot 267; a small tankard in the Victoria & Albert Museum (C.136-1945); a teapot in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (UPM) and a round tea caddy and cover in the Dresden Porcelain Collection (referred to by den Blaauwen, loc. cit.).

Bonhams. FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS. London, New Bond Street, 18 Jun 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/