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 Echidna embracing a snake, the saucer with Cadmus slaying the Dragon, within gilt scrollwork edged with flowers, impressed shield marks, incised numbers, 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.