An early Meissen beaker and saucer, circa 1713-15Each moulded with three flowering prunus branches, the beaker with a double footrim, beaker: 8.5cm high, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=397-/ W to both (small haircracks and crazing to saucer) (2)注脚Provenance:The Collection of Evelyn T. Ledyard, sold by Sotheby's New York, 27 January 1988, lot 176;The Collection of Leo Hadroff, Minneapolis, sold by Christie's New York, 24 May 2000, lot 64 (one of a pair)The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace records: 'Sieben Dutzendt und (9)8. Stück detto Chocolaten Becher, mit belegten Blümgen, ohne Henckel, 3½. Zoll hoch, 3¼. Zoll in Diam: nebst Drey Dutzendt und 6. Stück dazu gehörigen Unterschaalen, 1¼. Zoll tief, 5½. Zoll in Diam: No. 397, einige defect' [Seven dozen and 8 ditto chocolate beakers with applied flowers, without handles [...] along with three dozen and 6 matching saucers...].Two similar beakers with the same inventory number are in the Wark Collection (U. Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain The Wark Collection (2011), nos. 27-28, and four more remain in the Porzellansammlung in Dresden (one illustrated together with a Chinese, Dehua, example by U. Pietsch, Meissener Porzellan und seine ostasiatischen Vorbilder (1996), p. 23). A similar beaker and saucer with the same inventory number was sold in these Rooms, 18 June 2014, lot 32.