A large and rare Doccia teabowl, c.1740-45, gilded in the Meissen manner with chinoiserie scenes of

A large and rare Doccia teabowl, c.1740-45, gilded in the Meissen manner with chinoiserie scenes of figures in garden settings above a formal laub und bandelwerk border, a small rim chip, 8.5cm dia.

This style of decoration appears to have been first adopted at Doccia by Carl Anreiter but continued at the factory for a number of years. Other artists were known to have adopted this style after Anreiter, most notably Giuseppe Nincheri (known as il Monachina). Cf. A Biancalana, Porcellane et Maioliche a Doccia, Le Fabbrica del Marchesi Ginori, p.128 for a cup with similar decoration.