Meissen
(Germany 1710– )
Tea canister and cover
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Further information
The shape is unusual, most Meissen tea canisters of this period being of a simpler hexagonal form. The man holding up an incense burner on two poles is taken from a print by JG Höroldt dated 1726. The other figures, including a man holding a bowl of tea, are presumably also based on Höroldt designs. The accompanying sprigs of foliage imitate the limited palette and stylised form found on Japanese Kakiemon porcelain.
- Year
- circa 1728
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- canister 10.2 x 8.7 cm diam; lid 2 x 4.5 cm diam; combined height 11.4 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2010.190.a-b
