A Meissen cabinet plate c.1735-40

A Meissen cabinet plate c.1735-40, painted to the well with a circular panel in purpurmalerei of a young maiden leaning against a marble monument and being serenaded by a musician with a lute, reserved on a gold ground, the rim with three shaped panels containing scenes of courting couples within strapwork and scroll designs, the underside of the rim with small sprigs of indianischeBlumen in a Kakiemon palette, blue crossed swords mark, 23.5cm.