86. A Meissen shallow bowl from the Japanese Palace, circa 1729-31 Painted in Kakiemon style with the Shiba Onko pattern, also known as "Hob in the Well", the brown-edged rim with a with a border of alternating leaves and flowers, 23.3cm diam., crossed swords mark in blue enamel, incised x inside footrim, incised Japanese Palace inventory number "N=75-/ W" (very minor flaking) Provenance The Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace records "Eilf Stück Teller mit braunen Rande, inwendig Pagoden und Blumen gemahlt. 9 1/2 (sic) Zoll tief. 9 3/4 Zoll in Diam: No. 75" [eleven plates with brown rims, the inside painted with Pagodas and flowers...] (quoted by Claus Bolts, "Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769", Keramos 153 (1996): 74. For a discussion of the Shiba Onko pattern and its popularity in the 18th century, see J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II, 2013, pp. 136f.