A Meissen teabowl and saucer

A Meissen teabowl and saucer, c.1730, painted in the Imari manner with sprays of indianische Blumen beside panels of gilt trellis on a blue ground, blue crossed swords and S painter's mark, dreher's mark of an incised X to the footrim, 12.2cm. (2)

Provenance: a private collection. Purchased Sotheby's, London, 17th June 1997, lot 35. Formerly Sotheby's, Zurich, 21st November 1990, lot 42.