https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/23921/fullPlate from the Gold Fabeltiere (Mythical Animal) Serviceca.1735Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryAdam Friedrich von LöwenfinckOverall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Outside Diameter: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.6491Meissen Chinoiserie and 'Fabeltier' plate from the "gold and black striped" service. It is painted in the style associated with A.F. von Lowenfinck with a goat-like creature flanked by indianischen Blumen. The well has the black and gold border to a continuous chinoiserie scene with a sun above an Asian landscape on one side. Possibly concealed signature beside the Chinese figure and child, the pine and other trees rendered in a manner typical of this chinoiserie, and there is a shaped brown-edged rim.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1849151209GermanAugustus III (1733-1763)Crossed swords in underglaze blue