A pair of Meissen porcelain tureens and covers, circa 1735-1740

of deep circular form, each decorated in the manner of C.F. Herold, with three quatrelobe gilt-scroll and Böttger lustre cartouches enclosing a harbourside scene of merchants and their wares by a quayside, including European figures, horses and a Turkish man, joined by gilt scrolls and strapwork with lustre panels and sprays of ‘indianische Blumen’, the domed covers with gilt pinecone finial above four scenes of Chinoiserie figures at various pursuits on a gilt and lustre terrace, within a gilt trelliswork band reserved with four quayside scenes, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, one with I mark below

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Height 9 in, diam. 9 in ; Haut. 23 cm, diam. 23 cm