Sake bottle with prunus ground and figures

Manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded 1710)

OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany

Datec.1720; later decorated in the Netherlands,

MediumBöttger porcelain, enamel, and gold.

DimensionsOverall: 19.5 x 8.5 x 8.6 cm (7 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

MarkingsNone

DescriptionA Böttger Dutch-decorated square pear-shaped sake-bottle reserved with shaped panels. It is painted with chinoiserie figures in landscapes, on a prunus-pattern ground in iron-red, and the short foot has a key-pattern.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.812

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

German Porcelain - Hausmalerei

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