Two Meissen teabowls made for the Turkish market, late 18th/beginning 19th century The first painted in Imari style in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilding, with three flower panels interspersed with flowers and another flower sprig inside, the second with a straw-coloured ground decorated in gilding with three panels with Arabic inscriptions divided by flowers, the inside painted in underglaze-blue with a footed vessel within concentric circles and a dotted zig-zag border, 6.5cm and 7cm across, the first with crossed swords mark over '8.' in underglaze-blue, the second with impressed 23 (2) Footnotes: Provenance: Bernard Watney Collection (applied paper collector's label) [the straw-ground teabowl] The most complete panel inscribed: 'What God wills...1216 (1801-02)' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
Two Meissen teabowls made for the Turkish market, late 18th/beginning 19th century
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