Böttger porcelain, white, glazed, seated on a curving base with grooved rim, the left leg tucked, the right hand holding a cup with saucer supported by the left knee, the right foot naked, in the foreground a tea pot with lid, the left hand under the left knee, with tufts of hair behind the ears, ears perforated and parted lips as smoke vents, hollow body, height: 10 cm, the neck pasted, small cup and saucer and edge of the base with old restoration, the handle of the pot and the spout chipped, front base broken off, Meissen, no mark ca. 1715 (Ru)

Pagodas are based on Chinese models such as the god of fortune "Pu-tai-Ho-shang", who during the Tang Period advanced from a mendicant to an immortal.
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Triumph der blauen Schwerter, Meissener Porzellan für Adel und Bürgertum 1710-1815, p. 171, ill. 13 showing the front of the base with small cup and saucer.
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U. Pietsch, Meissener Porzellan und seine ostasiatischen Vorbilder, 1996, S. 65, ill. 4, with similar arrangement of the tea service; tea service variants:
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The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50, 2008, p. 239, ill. 35;
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Germanisches National-Museum, p.97, ill. 96;
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Angela von Wallwitz, Porcelain for Gentlemen, p. 24, ill;
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Johann Friedrich Böttger zum 300. Geburtstag, 1982, ill. 1/99;