Lot 487 D α

A rare Meissen porcelain dish with dragon decor

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 7.500 € - 8.000 €
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A rare Meissen porcelain dish with dragon decor

Of scalloped form, decorated with dragons, bamboo, and peonies. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's mark XII of Johann Christoph Leibnitz. Minor wear. H 4.3, diameter 20.8 cm.
After 1731.

Literature

Two plates with identical decor in cat.: Frühes Meissener Porzellan. Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich 1997, no. 89.
One identical plate in the Wark Collection (in: Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain, London 2011, no. 261.