A Meissen KPM teapot and cover, circa 1724. Photo Bonhams

Decorated with two quartrelobe panels of chinoiserie scenes set in elaborate Böttger lustre cartouches surrounded by iron red and puce scrollwork, the spout with a grotesque head picked out in gold, the spout and handle with Kakiemon flowers and insects, the edge of the pot with a wide gold ornamental border, the domed cover with two similar chinoiserie scenes, held together by a gilt metal chain, 12cm high, KPM and crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilders numbers 98 to both pot and cover, (finial and spout restored) (2). Lot 83. Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000 / €12,000 - 18,000 / US$ 16,000 - 24,000

Bonhams. 23 May 2012 10:30 a.m. London, New Bond Street. Fine Meissen Porcelain from a Private Collection