A Chinese porcelain teabowl, 1st quarter 18th century, painted in Bayreuth by Johann Friedrich

A Chinese porcelain teabowl, 1st quarter 18th century, painted in Bayreuth by Johann Friedrich Metsch with a continuous scene of figures beside a harbour, the interior rim with a formal border of fish and fabric swags, marked No 2 in red, and a larger Chinese teabowl probably also painted by Metsch with fine flower swags and insects, the interior with a landscape scene, the first teabowl with a restuck rim section, 8.4cm dia max. (2)

Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.54-1957 for a coffee cup from the same service as the first teabowl.