PART OF A PAINTED PORCELAIN SERVICE Europe. The lot consisting of twenty-five dishes in four sizes: eight dishes with a diameter of 15 cm; eight dishes with a diameter of 20,5 cm; seven dishes with a diameter of 26 cm; two large dishes with a diameter of 41 cm. The Chinese-style polychrome painted decoration presents in the center a medallion with two pheasants amidst rocks and flowers enclosed within a 'Meissen spear' border; inside the wall six bunches of flowers, a thin geometric frieze on the internal rim. 41 cm diameter the largest

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