ATELIER HELENA WOLFSOHN, Decorative vase with lid

porcelain, enamel paints, gilding;
gilt rubbing, surface damage (obliteration and loss) of miniature with scene of learning to play the flute, in part with a sheep and vegetation;
H. ca. 63 cm, base diameter 19 cm; signed in cobalt under-glaze, calligraphic monogram bound AR.
Germany Dresden, painting atelier of Helena Wolfsohn and successors (Emilie and Leopold Elbowie), con. XIX c.
Vase - potiche, celadon, baluster, with rimmed neck and domed, recessed lid; on the body and lid, two court miniatures each á la Watteau, in a park scene, framed by gilded ribbon reserves with wavy, floral, lattice or braided ornament; on the body: 1) learning to play the flute, with a scrubby sheep, 2) a group of four musicians, including a lady with a guitar and seated with a notebook of sheet music on her lap; on the lid : 1) a lady seated on a hill 2) a young man in a cape seated on a boulder. Around the neck and collar of the lid trails of gilding, edges and handle gilded.
The decoration with a celadon background in Fondporzellan type and careful, good quality court miniatures refer to 18th century Meissen decorations.