A Meissen Augustus Rex bottle vase, circa 1730. Photo Sotheby's

the globular body and slender neck brilliantly painted probably by Adam Friederich von Lôwenfinck, with a bird perched among indianische Blumen, the collar with a blue flower among iron-red foliage, underglaze blue AR monogram mark and Dreher's mark of Rehschuh; 22cm, 8 5/8 in high. Estimate 20,000-30,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: With Rudolf Just, Prague
Christie's Gevena, 13 May 1985, lot 158

Sotheby's. The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla. Londres | 14 mars 2012