Bottle vase with bird motives, Meissen. 1735-40. Photo courtesy Van Ham

Porcelain, colored and gold sparingly decorated. The ball-shaped body three large wreaths of Indian flowers with ribbon. In the first, a bird with green and violet plumage sitting on a fence, a large butterfly on him. The second Garland holds a seated on short grass bird with large wheel-like eyes, brown head and purple-pink plumage.Pursuing Above him a little bird, just an insect. In the last flowers cartridge a leggy big bird is shown on a patch of grass with pludrigen red head and tail feathers. Above him a little owl with purple and brown feathers flying. Individual Indian flowers scattered between the wreaths and a few small butterflies. The profiled neck with gold edge sold. Height 29 cm.swords mark, marked 21. Condition A / B. Estimate: 3000-4000 €

Provenance: - Collection Paul-EISENBEISS. . Riehen - Private Collection North Rhine-Westphalia. 

Literature: Dr. Erika Pauls-EISENBEISS: German Porcelain of the 18th Century, London 1972, Bd.I. 

The present vase described and mapped S.404 ff As can be seen from the catalog text from 1972, there were originally two bottles vases same decoration in the collection of Paul's EISENBEISS. Both with large wreaths Indian flowers and seated therein or flying birds with slightly bizarre, fantastic appearance. During the counterpart of the present vase bears the Albertus-Rex brand and is dated from Paul EISENBEISS in 1725, it presumes that the second piece with swords was made ​​about 10 years later. It derives this from the technically better version and suspects that the present vase was working here to order as a pendant.

Van Ham. Europäisches Kunstgewerbe. 17/05/2014 - http://www.van-ham.com/