Important box with mythological scenes.
Gilt mounting. Circular. On side and lid violet outlined rocailles in slight relief decorated with polychrome flower tendrils. Extraordinary fine polychrome painting, the lid with four playing cupids and sight of a landscape, the side with four cartouches depicting landscapes with playing cupids. The bottom with Venus resting with bow and arrow underneath trees. Inside the lid Venus sitting on waves, surrounded by sea gods and godesses, while above cupids and doves are hovering in the clouds. The landscapes reveal single elements of Saxon sights: The lid presumably depicts the sight of Schloß Hubertusburg, the bottom the Dresden skyline with Hofkirche. H.4, + 9cm. Condition B. Original maroquin case. Not marked.
Meißen. Ca. 1750-1760.

Provenance:
Private collection Rhineland.

Literature:
Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky: Porzellandosen des 18.Jahrhunderts, Munich 1985, type comp. e.g. no.90, depiction see no.92.

The depiction of Venus inside the lid is based on the painting 'The Birth and Triumph of Venus' by Francois Boucher. It is kept in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. According to a document at hand the porcelain box was a loan to the Cologne Kunstgewerbemuseum in 1935.