An early Meissen saucer, after 1713. Photo: Bonhams.

The reverse applied with a stiff-leaf border around the rim, 12.9cm diam. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,200 - 1,900)

Teabowls with similar acanthus stiff-leaf borders are illustrated by E. Zimmermann, Erfindung und Frühzeit des Meissener Porzellans (1908), ill. 2; and in the second sale of duplicates from the Johanneum, Lepke's Berlin, 12 October 1920, lot 131.

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