A Meissen saucer, circa 1723-25. Photo: Bonhams.

Painted in the manner of J.E. Stadler with flowering branches issuing from stylised rockwork and a bird in flight, within three iron-red concentric circles and two more around the rim, the reverse with three concentric circles, 12cm diam. (miniscule rim chips, tiny spots of wear). Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 (€1,900 - 3,100)

Provenance: Anon. sale, Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg, 11 March 1989, lot 221

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