A MEISSEN IMARI-PATTERN OCTAGONAL PLATE painted with a vase of chrysanthemum and peony on a terrace within an elaborate panelled border of phoenix, karashishi and flowerhead mons on a blue ground gilt with scrolling foliage, the reverse with trailing flowers, blue crossed swords mark and K for Kretzschmar within a double circle, Pressnummer 22 (slight rubbing to gilding below vase), circa 1740
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A MEISSEN IMARI-PATTERN OCTAGONAL PLATE painted with a vase of chrysanthemum and peony on a terrace within an elaborate panelled border of phoenix, karashishi and flowerhead mons on a blue ground gilt with scrolling foliage, the reverse with trailing flowers, blue crossed swords mark and K for Kretzschmar within a double circle, Pressnummer 22 (slight rubbing to gilding below vase), circa 1740
22cm. wide
Provenance
Anon., sale in these Rooms, 1 July 1985, lot 209
Exhibited
Orlando Museum of Art, Catalogue no. 36
Lot Essay
Cf. Rückert (1966), no. 316 and Syz, no. 116 for other plates from this service similarly marked