A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1740, painted in Imari style in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding, the centre with a spray of indianische Blumen within lambrequin borders, the reverse with underglaze-blue branches embellished with iron-red flowers and gilding, 20.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 56 PROVENANCE: Private German collection. FOOTNOTES: For a similar plate in the Hoffmeister Collection, see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.177.