CIRCA 1730, BLUE AR MONOGRAM MARK, DREHER'S MARK FOR REHSCHUH

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A MEISSEN (AUGUSTUS REX) CHINOISERIE PLATE
Circa 1730, blue AR monogram mark, Dreher's mark for Rehschuh
The center with four banches of indianische Blumen radiating inwards, the well with gilt scrolls and quatrefoils, the border with four Chinoiserie panels within quatrefoil puce iron-red, lustre and gold Laub-und Bandelwerk between and three sprays on the reverse (minute rim chip)
9¼in. (23.3cm.) diameter

Provenance

Dr. F. Manheimer, Amsterdam, sold Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 15 October 1952, lot 340 (part).
Anonymous sale, Christie's Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 167.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

See Christie's, London, 9 July 2001, lots 206, 207 for two more plates from the same service, also acquired in Amsterdam at the Manheimer sale as part of lot 340, acquired by a European collector and subsequently sold by Christie's London, 28 March 1977, lots 42 and 43.

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