A Jug with Purple Ground, Meissen, c. 1740/45

porcelain, pear-shaped body on circular foot with J-shaped scroll handle, the purple ground with polylobed gilt reserves containing finely nuanced, expansive park and lake landscapes with ruins and elegantly dressed couples in the manner of Antoine Watteau, gilt beak spout with mask relief, old screw-mounted metal finial, height 18 cm, underglaze-blue crossed-swords mark with gilder’s no. 49 and turner’s no., (Hr)

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