A Meissen chinoiserie saucer, circa 1740. Photo Bonhams

Moulded with a gilt-edged stiff-leaf border on the reverse, the front decorated with three chinoiserie figures under a large palm tree, one offering an animal, the other kneeling next to two geese, a hare in her hand, a large bird circling the sky, within a gilt scrollwork border to the rim, 13cm diam, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 2, gilt numeral 27. (minor wear). Lot 881. Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 / €1,800 - 2,400 / US$ 2,400 - 3,200