A pair of Meissen plates decorated in rich Imari colours after a Japanese original German, Circa 1740 The centre painted in underglaze blue, iron red and gold with a vase of flowers standing on a low table, the border with four panels of a moth and peony within a shaped reserve on an underglaze blue ground, spaced by a chrysanthemum on a thick gilt ground, the reverse with chrysanthemum branches and a triple blue line to the footrim. Ornate underglaze blue crossed swords mark, also K for the decorator Kretschmar. 24 cm wide Reference: Hans Syz Collection catalogue p193-4 for similar Imari pieces with the K mark