A Meissen shaped Kakiemon plate
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND IMPRESSED E
Painted in the typical palette enriched in gilding, with a pheonix perched on a flowering branch issuing from bound hedges surrounded by scattered insects and flowerheads, the border with three flowering branches issuing from rockwork divided by four butterflies, waved brown line rim (two restored rim chips at 2 o'clock, restored short crack to rim at 9 o'clock, areas of slight wear)
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) wide
A Meissen shaped Kakiemon plate
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND IMPRESSED E
Painted in the typical palette enriched in gilding, with a pheonix perched on a flowering branch issuing from bound hedges surrounded by scattered insects and flowerheads, the border with three flowering branches issuing from rockwork divided by four butterflies, waved brown line rim (two restored rim chips at 2 o'clock, restored short crack to rim at 9 o'clock, areas of slight wear)
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) wide