English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19 Apr 2016
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A Meissen plate c.1740
A Meissen plate c.1740, richly decorated in the Imari palette with a bird perched on rockwork beneath a pine tree issuing from further rocks, the rim and cavetto with a wide scalloped border of bird panels, flowers and foliage, blue crossed swords mark, 22.2cm.
This pattern was directly copied from a Japanese original.