Meissen vase with lid, adorned with a lizard and floral ornament.

In the blue painting, on the exhibited stand, a bottle-shaped, compressed spherical body with a detached shoulder, a cylindrical, long neck, and a slightly flaring rim. A protruding, arched lid with a spherical handle. At the junction with the neck, a fully plastic lizard. On all sides of the wall, large, arranged flowering chrysanthemum branches, surrounded by birds and butterflies in blue underglaze painting. A border framing the edge, consisting of a half-flower and a pearl pendant. A corresponding border on the lid. A year mark. Sword mark. Height 24 cm. A new form based on an early Meissen vase in the Chinese style, developed around 1725, recorded as "Eight pieces of detto blue and white bottles with long necks and lids, with a lizard on each bottle."

On July 13, 1726, eight pieces intended for a fireplace were delivered to the royal court of Augustus the Strong. See exhibition catalog. Meissen Blue Painting,

State Art Collection of Dresden, 1989, p. 17, No. 9, SKD, inv. No. PE 5584 a, b; Pietsch, Triumph of the Blue Swords, No. 214. A porcelain vase with a lid and an attached lizard, painted with flowers, birds, and butterflies in underglaze blue. Year mark.

Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 2009.