A Meissen Kakiemon plate, circa 1735-40. Photo Bonhams.

Painted with flowers issuing from stylised rockwork and a butterfly overhead, the brown-edged wavy rim painted with flowering branches and insects, 22.4cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher's mark. Estimate £600 - 800 (€720 - 960)

Similar plates in the Dr. Enrst Schneider Collection, Schloss Lustheim, Munich, are discussed by Julia Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern (2013), II, cat. nos. 193-201.

Bonhams. BRITISH & EUROPEAN CERAMICS, GLASS & ASIAN ART, INCLUDING THE TATTON HEWETSON COLLECTION PART II. Oxford. 29 Jan 2014 - www.bonhams.com