Lot 596 | Meissen | PORCELAIN PLATE WITH CHINOISERIES AND MERCHANT NAVY SCENE

PORCELAIN PLATE WITH CHINOISERIES AND MERCHANT NAVY SCENE.

Meissen.
Date: Ca. 1730/35.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours, elaborately painted in gold.
Description: In the centre of the plate four 'Höroldt' chinoiseries that portrude each from the rim
into the centre. Amongst these pedestals that are ornament-like. The chinoiseries feature
scenes from the Far Eastern tea culture as well as once garden scene and represent the
western fascination with 18th century Chinese culture. At the rim four cartouches with
crimson lustres and merhcant navy scenes inside that show the trade with faraway countries
and expand the pictorial programme. Inbetween the cartouches rich golden ornaments and at
the edge of the centre continuous golden paintings.
Measurement: ø 21,5cm.
Mark: Swords mark, painted blue under the glaze. Porcelain former's mark 'X'.


Provenance:
Bavarian private collection.

Literature reference:
Meissner Porzellan des 18. Jh., Sammlung Hoffmeister Band I, cat. rais. no. 60-63, presumbaly belonging to the same service. The plate at hand does not belong, with 21,5 cm diameter, to one size available in the collection Hoffmeister, there platters and smaller plates

The present plate with its unusual decoration appears to belong to a very specific service context. In the Bamberg Ludwig Collection there is another plate with the same decoration and the characteristic large Chinese figures on hanger bases. In the catalogue description of the Ludwig Collection exhibition catalogue mentioned above, other pieces with this type of decoration are listed, such as a plate in the collection of the Historisches Museum Bern, a platter in the Pauls-Eisenbeis Collection and a bowl in the Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart.