A MEISSEN KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL DISH

CIRCA 1730, THE REMAINS OF A BLACK WAX MARK

Details

A MEISSEN KAKIEMON OCTAGONAL DISH
Circa 1730, the remains of a black wax mark
Painted with 'The Hob in the Well' pattern, tall bamboo and flying birds, the border with chrysanthemum and blue foliage alternating with peony and leaves, brown line rim
9¾in. (24.8cm.) wide

Provenance

Private European Collection, acquired prior to World War II
By descent through the family

Lot Essay

See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, no. 239, Tafel 64; anon. sale; Christie's, Geneva, 3 December 1982, lot 152 for dodecagonal bowls in this pattern and Masaka Shono, Japanisches Aritaporzellan im sogenannten "Kakiemonstil" als Vorbild für die Meissener Porzellanmanufaktur, no. 124 and Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg, 1999, no. 40 for octagonal dishes similar to the present example.

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