A rare Nymphenburg cup and saucer, c.1760-70, painted by Catejan Purtscher with scenes from Ovid's

A rare Nymphenburg cup and saucer, c.1760-70, painted by Catejan Purtscher with scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the cup with Leda and the swan, the saucer with Ascalaphus being transformed into an owl, within gilt scrollwork edged with flowers, faint impressed shield marks, some wear, 13.6cm. (2)

Catejan Purtscher (1740-1813) is one of the finest artists recorded at Nymphenburg. The factory produced a series of pieces using Ovid's Metamorphoses as inspiration, deriving much of the decoration from a series of prints produced by Johann Ulrich Krauss. The decoration on the saucer is after Johann Wilhelm Baur.