Böttger porcelain, white, glazed, seated on a curving base with grooved edge, left leg folded beneath him, his right holding a small cup and saucer, which he leans on his bent right knee, his right foot bare, before him a teapot with cover, his left hand under his left knee, tuft of hair to back of head, holes in his ears and open mouth to allow the smoke to escape, hollow body, height 10 cm, glued part to neck, small cup and saucer and old repair to edge of base, jug handle and spout chipped, obverse of base broken off, Meissen, unmarked circa 1715 (Ru)

Pagods are copies of Chinese precedents, such as the god of luck, Pu-tai-Ho-shang, who rose from a beggar monk of the Tang Period to a Zen Buddhist immortal.

Lit.: Triumph der blauen Schwerter, Meissener Porzellan für Adel und Bürgertum 1710-1815, p. 171, ill. 13 – here the obverse of the base and the cup and saucer is visible;
U. Pietsch, Meissener Porzellan und seine ostasiatischen Vorbilder, 1996, p. 65, ill. 4, with the same arrangement of the tea service; variant of the tea service:
The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50, 2008, p. 239, ill. 35;

Lit: Germanisches National Museum, p.97, ill. 96;

Lit: Angela von Wallwitz, Porcelain for Gentlemen, p. 24, ill.;

Lit: Johann Friedrich Böttger zum 300. Geburtstag, 1982, ill. 1/99;