A BÖTTGER HAUSMALEREI BOWL

the bowl circa 1715-20, the decoration circa 1725-30 and attributed to Ignaz Preissler, Breslau, finely decorated in Schwarzlot and gilding, the exterior with a continuous scene including Leda and the Swan, harbour scenes with ships and merchants and Cupid and Venus by a dolphin fountain, the interior with a circular harbour scene, 18cm diameter

Provenance: Christie’s, 29th November 2011, lot 20.
Bt. E & H Manners, June 2012.