A very rare Meissen ovoid jug, circa 1735A very rare Meissen ovoid jug, circa 1735The ribbed body applied with a strap handle, painted in Kakiemon style with a dragon perched on bamboo opposite flowering plants and another in flight, the handle with trailing flowers, brown-edged rim, 16.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blueProvenance:Anon. sale in these Rooms, 12 December 2012, lot 83A plate decorated with this rare pattern was sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 26 May 2010, lot 24, and another was in the Arnhold Collection, New York (M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50 (2008), no. 242).