A RARE PETRUS DE WOLFF TEABOWL AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1740

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A RARE PETRUS DE WOLFF TEABOWL AND SAUCER
Circa 1740
The saucer front and teabowl exterior with a portrait of Petrus de Wolff standing with his dog and gun, the saucer back enamelled in colors with a sleeping woman, her clothing in disarray (2)

Lot Essay

A teabowl and saucer from this service from the Martin Hurst collection is at Winterthur (see A. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 82) Howard and Ayers, op. cit., p. 250 note that the identity of Petrus de Wolff, named on dinner plates with this same portrait, remains a mystery.

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