A MEISSEN FACETED PLATE OF JERSEY SERVICE TYPE painted after the designs of Petrus Schenk with a chinese bowing before another holding a parasol in a bay between rocky outcrops with pagodas and pine trees and two ships before a setting sun, the decoration with extensive areas of Böttger lustre and gilding, the border with small flower sprays and the rim chocolate (some minor areas of wear), blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 16, circa 1740

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A MEISSEN FACETED PLATE OF JERSEY SERVICE TYPE painted after the designs of Petrus Schenk with a chinese bowing before another holding a parasol in a bay between rocky outcrops with pagodas and pine trees and two ships before a setting sun, the decoration with extensive areas of Böttger lustre and gilding, the border with small flower sprays and the rim chocolate (some minor areas of wear), blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 16, circa 1740
21.5cm. diam.

Provenance

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 6 June 1973, lot 36

Lot Essay

For the engraving of the chinaman bowing see the series by Petrus Schenk entitled 'Nieuwe geinventeerde Sineesen', no. 14 illustrated by A.L. Den Blaauwen, 'Keramik mit chinoiserien nach stichen von Petrus Schenk jun.', pp. 3-13, Keramos 31/66

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