A Meissen plate, a tureen and a cover, and a further plate, circa 1735-1740

each piece of lobed form with a shaped gilt-edged rim moulded with the Alt-Brandenstein pattern, painted with panels of birds perched in branches of indianische Blumen, the cover surmounted with a flower finial, the centre of the plate painted with a bouquet of flowers tied with a blue ribbon, the further plate painted with the gelber Löwe pattern of a tiger curling around a shoot of bamboo, the rim painted with scattered indianische Blumen and insects, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals, one tureen handle restored, one plate chipped

Christie's Amsterdam, 17th December 2002, lot 227

There is a flat shallow chip to the rim of the plate in the gelber Löwe measuring approximately 0.5cm wide. one handle of the tureen is restored at the terminals.
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