A MEISSEN PORCELAIN 'AUGUSTUS REX' VASE, 1730-35 |

of ovoid form with a knopped and flared neck, painted in the Kakiemon palette in the manner Johann Ehrenfried Stadler, with a vignette of three chinoiserie figures, flanked by two flowering shrubs with a parrot perched on one branch, with insects and another bird in flight, AR mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher's mark of four dots, incised / or numeral 7,

Private Collection, Switzerland, Sotheby's Geneva, 14th November 1989, lot 2;
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

In good condition and appearance. There is a minute glazed over chip on the rim, and nibble chips to the edge of the foot, probably associated to production.
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