244. A Meissen waste bowl, circa 1724 Moulded around the base with a broad band of fluting with alternating gilt and pale-green grounds, painted with four chinoiserie vignettes, the interior with a larger vignette with a single chinoiserie figure in the manner of J.E. Stadler flanked by a fence and flowering plants, within a gilt quatrelobe scrollwork cartouche edged with iron-red and puce scrollwork, a gilt scrollwork border inside the rim, 17.5cm diam.; 8.2cm high The figures are mentioned in Kaendler's Taxa of overtime work in November-December 1741 under nos. 87 and 88: "1. Einsiedler auf einem verzierten Postament in gehöriger Kleidung mit Muscheln verziert, vor die Aebtißn nach Herfordt [...] 1. dazu gehòrige Einsiedlering, ebenfalls mit Muscheln verziert, mit einem Huth auf dem Kopffe" [1. pilgrim on a decorated pedestal with appropriate clothing decorated with shells, for the Abbess of Herford ... 1 matching female pilgrim, also decorated with shells, with a hat on her head] (published by J. Rafael, "Zur 'Taxa Kaendler'", Keramos 203/204 (2009): 52). Johanna Charlotte, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1682-1750), Abbess of the Protestant aristocratic ladies' monastery of Herford. The figures are inspired by depictions of pilgrims by Jean-Antoine Watteau; a study in red chalk by Watteau of around 1709-12 or slightly later depicting similar figures is in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, inv. no. C 734.