A rare Meissen hexagonal tea canister and cover, circa 1723Each panel painted probably by J.G. Höroldt with hunting scenes depicting elegant figures in landscapes, including Augustus the Strong, the shoulders and ribs gilt, the cover with a wide gilt rim and gilt foliate and dotted bands, 10.2cm high (minor rubbing to gilding) (2)注脚Provenance:With Lukacs & Donath, RomeThis tea canister belongs to a small group of early Meissen tea services painted with hunting scenes, probably by J.G. Höroldt, on which some of the figures seem to depict actual members of the Dresden court. A teapot in the Dresden collection (published by U. Pietsch, Porzellan Parforce (2005), no. 43, depicts Augustus the Strong together with his son and daughter-in-law. The waste bowl from the service is also in the Dresden collection (Pietsch 2005, no. 43); a set of six teabowls and saucers is in the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw (Pietsch 2005, no. 45; a teapot and cover in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (U. Pietsch, Johann Gregorius Höroldt 1696-1775 (1996), no. 40); another tea canister and cover was in the Jahn Collection, Hamburg (sold by Lempertz Cologne, 12 June 1989, lot 69); a tea and coffee service was sold by Sotheby's London, 10 July 1973, lot 50, and again by Sotheby's New York on 10-11 November 2006, lot 522.The teapot and bowl in the Dresden collection belong to a service given by Augustus the Strong to his daughter-in-law, Maria Josepha, in 1722 that is listed in the inventory begun in 1721 of the Japanese Palace in Dresden (without a tea canister). The seated figure with a dog depicted on the present lot closely resembles the figure of Augustus the Strong depicted on the teapot in Dresden.