A Meissen chinoiserie plate, circa 1725-28. Photo Sotheby's

painted with a central "salami" medaillon of iron-red flowers and foliage and coloured flowerheads in puce, yellow and green, the well with lozenges and "Laub und bandelwerk" in Böttger lustre and gold, the border with four quatrefoil panels of Chinese scenes in the manner of J.G. Höroldt within lustre and gilt cartouches flanked by puce and red foliage, underglaze blue crossed swords mar; 22cm, 8 5/8 in diameter. Estimation 8,000-12,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Frans Oppenheimer
F. Manheimer, sale Amsterdam, 14-21 October 1952, part of lot 339
Christie's, 28 March 1977, lot 23
Christie's London, 10 November 1986, lot 196

Sotheby's. The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla, Londres | 14 mars 2012