Large Lidded Tureen with Chrysanthemums and Birds. Meissen. Circa 1730-40. Photo Van Ham

Porcelain, enriched in colours and in gilt. Oval, bulbous form on a profiled base. Handles on the sides in the shape of female mascarons with feathered headdresses. The high-domed lid is crowned by a baluster pommel. Decorated in "famille vert" style with two birds sitting on branches with large chryanthemums. Height 33cm. Condition C. Crossed swords mark. Both pieces with moulder's mark for Andreas Schiefer. Estimation : 7 000 / 8 000 €

Provenance: Private collection, Rhineland. 

Literature: Hoffmeister, Dieter: Meissen Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister, 
Paderborn 1999, vol.I, for this decor, see nr.135 and 137.

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