A Meissen plate, circa 1740A Meissen plate, circa 1740Painted in Famille verte style with a phoenix and butterflies above peonies and other flowers, within a brocade band with chrysanthemums, reserved with panels painted with butterflies, the gilt-edged rim moulded with basketwork panels, 25.3cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, painter's mark S in iron-red,impressed numeral 21 (very minor wear)Provenance:The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain, Hamburg, sold in these rooms, 25 Nov 2009, lot 41Literature:D. Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, I (1999), no. 134Exhibited:Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009