English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19th April 2016
Lot 237
A Meissen plate c.1740
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1600
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Description
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.