A Meissen porcelain Augustus Rex vase with Watteau scenes and ormolu mounts

A Meissen porcelain Augustus Rex vase with Watteau scenes and ormolu mounts With gilt bronze mounts. A funnel-shaped model above a smaller foot. Around the lower section four identical gilt trellis brackets. Above, two finely painted parkland scenes with elegant courtly figures: A courting couple and an elegantly dressed gentleman playing the flute in front of a fountain, as well as another courting couple before a pedestal. Blue conjoined AR monogram, XII incised in the footrim. A horizontal firing crack on the interior at the height of the moulded base. Height 22.6 cm. Around 1735 - 45, decor attributed to Johann George Heintze, French bronze mount.

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