Rare silver-mounted Frankfurt chinoiserie faience bottle, light paste blue glaze. Double gourd shape. Full-area cobalt blue decoration of two surrounding depictions of Chinese figures in landscapes, ornamental bands on the shoulder and neck. Silver-mounted mouth, crowned by a hinged, raised stopper, decorated underneath with a hanging lace border, finely engraved lambrequin decoration with flowers in the centre on the top of the stopper, indistinctly marked; glaze on the stand ring slightly chipped; stopper slightly dented. Labelled by the Schafft Collection with no. 33 and by Christie's. H. 33 cm. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II; formerly Schafft Collection, auctioned around 1994/95 at Christie's, London. /V/A rare German silver-mounted blue and white faience chinoiserie bottle with light blue glaze. Glaze chips to the stand rim, slight dents to the silver stopper. Indistinct hallmarks. Labels of the "Sammlung Schafft" with no. 33 and Christie's. Frankfurt am Main. Circa 1680-1700.