A rare Meissen mug, circa 1726-28. Photo: Bonhams.

Painted in the manner of J.E. Stadler with a chinoiserie scene depicting an adult holding a parasol and a child with a fan, flanked by a fence and flowering indianische Blumen above iron-red lines, a band of iron-red foliage reserved with polychrome flower heads below the rim, the handle with a flower sprig, 8.4cm high, traces of crossed swords mark in blue (some restoration on handle). Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€5,000 - 7,500)

Literature: U. Pietsch/K. Jacobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 173

Exhibited: Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, 19 January-6 April 1997; thereafter
Dresden, Albertinum, 7 May-13 July 1997. 

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