A Meissen Kakiemon shaped dish, circa 1735

Of oblong shape, painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Flying Fox' pattern, of a squirrel perched on one of two banded hedges and another overhead, over an elaborate diaper pattern, the reverse painted with scattered flowers, brown-edged rim, 20.2cm long, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (broken through the middle and restored)

Provenance:
Brigitte Britzke Collection, Bad Pyrmont;
Sold by Bonhams online, 22 June 2017, lot 9;
Private Collection, U.K.

Literature:
Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue (2002), p.75;
La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke/Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung, exhibition catalogue (2009), p.127

Exhibited:
Museum im Schloss, Bad Pyrmont, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, 28 November 2002 to 26 January 2003;
Fundación Caja Segovia, La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709-1765, 16 July to 18 November 2009

Another example of this shape with a similar Kakiemon pattern was sold in these rooms in the Hoffmeister Collection, Part I, 25 November 2009, lot 26.