A Meissen beaker c.1730

A Meissen beaker c.1730, the flared straight sides painted in the Kakiemon palette with a gnarled spray of prunus, the reverse with a single bird in flight, brown line rim, caduceus mark in underglaze blue, 7.5cm.

Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession no. C.45-2006 for a similar example formerly in the collection of Arthur and Hilde Weiner.