Lot Essay
See Hans Syz, et al, Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 77 for a similarly decorated plate.
CIRCA 1735-1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S MARK XII TO THE SAUCER DISH
Details
A MEISSEN KOREANISCHE LWE PATTERN SAUCER DISH AND PLATE
Circa 1735-1740, blue crossed swords marks, Dreher's mark XII to the saucer dish
Painted in the Kakiemon palette, the saucer dish with winged dragons perched in and flying among branches of bamboo and flowering prunus, the plate with Koreanische Loewe, the shaped border with butterflies and flower sprigs beneath a brown line rim
8.1/8in. (20.6cm.) diam., the saucer dish; 9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam., the plate (2)
Circa 1735-1740, blue crossed swords marks, Dreher's mark XII to the saucer dish
Painted in the Kakiemon palette, the saucer dish with winged dragons perched in and flying among branches of bamboo and flowering prunus, the plate with Koreanische Loewe, the shaped border with butterflies and flower sprigs beneath a brown line rim
8.1/8in. (20.6cm.) diam., the saucer dish; 9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam., the plate (2)
Provenance
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 27 March 1956, lot 384 (the saucer dish)