A Dutch-decorated Meissen bottle vase

of octagonal fluted form, painted with alternating cartouches of figures in oriental landscapes and a female figure in a fenced garden, upon a gilt ground reserving red outlined flowerheads,

Minor chip to rim.Two shallow chips around edge of base, approx. 2cm. by 0.5cm. and 1cm. by 0.5cm.Some wear to enamels and gilding
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This pattern is rare, a sugar box and cover decorated in this pattern was offered in these rooms, 23rd June 1992, lot 137; and a coffee pot, perhaps from the same service, previously in the collection of Dr. Franz Oppenheimer was sold, 21st October 1980, lot 124.