Lot 67
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A MEISSEN KAKIEMON PLATE

CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED E TO FOOTRIM

Details
A MEISSEN KAKIEMON PLATE
Circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark, impressed E to footrim
Painted in the Kakiemon palette with a winged tiger prowling around a bamboo tree, a stork, a butterfly and scattered flower sprigs, 9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam.; together with a Japanese scalloped dish similarly painted with a tiger prowling below bamboo, 7in. (18.3cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

See Masako Shono, Aritaporzellan als Vorbild fr Meissen, plates 17-19 for the Arita prototype on which the Meissen examples are based. Also see The Collection of Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van Slyke, Sotheby's, New York, 26 September 1989, lot 17

The Japanese Dish is illustrated on pg. 39.