A Rare 18th Century Meissen Lobed Blue and White Porcelain Phoenix Dish c.1745, and an example of the type of Kangxi dish it was based on. The central design is a phoenix among flowering peony (Meissen dish with peony and lotus), the ogee borders with a monkey eating a peach, interspersed with flowering plants. The Meissen dish is marked with crossed swords and a dot, the painter's mark Mö (possibly for Johann Carl Möbius the younger) and a small, impressed mark 32 (former's number). The Kangxi dish has a simple flowerhead as a mark. The shape of the Kangxi dish, which is the smaller of the two dishes, is somewhat different to the Meissen example. The ogee shaped border rises more sharply than the Meissen dish, the fluting is more rounded, and it finishes at a right angle. All of this is less pronounced in the Meissen example, which only has a slight angle as it reaches gently upward. The painting of the Meissen dish is also different to the original, the phoenix looks quite different and is symmetrically arranged above the flowering lotus. The center of the Kangxi is asymmetrical, less formal and has huts by rocks in the border, these are omitted in the Meissen version. The design is a well know Chinese export one which is on European silver shape dishes, perhaps via Dutch Delft pottery. It is very likely Kangxi dishes of this shape, which are nearly always with this design, were in The Japanese Palace in Dresden formed by Augustus the strong. So it it is not surprising the Meissen factory copied them, well made their own version of them. These Kangxi dishes could have been copied exactly, however they chose to make their own interpretation of them at Meissen. The phoenix looks quite Baroque among scrolling foliage. See Below For More Photographs and References. SOLD