With silvergold-plated cover and foot ring. Cylindrical with ear-shaped handle. Painted in various colours with Chinese sceneries and trims at rim. Two Chineses defeating a dragon, that is lying underneath a palm; one Chinese is a attacked by a mythical creature, another is sitting at treetop, a flying dragon collapse with a butterfly in the sky. Above glaze blue mark of swords. Painting attributed to Adam Friedrich of Löwenfinck. The colouring has mark of Dresden (Rosenberg, 1669) with date of year N and masters' mark I A S. Dresden, 1738, unknown master. Meissen, around 1734. Literature: Auktionskatalog Hans W. Lange, Wertvolles Kunstgewerbe, Berlin, 19.-21. Mai 1941, S. 105. Nr. 493, Taf. 63 (DOI: external link)
