A 'CANTON FAMILLE ROSE' VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER AND SHELL DISH
CIRCA 1830
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A 'CANTON FAMILLE ROSE' VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER AND SHELL DISH
Circa 1830
The vegetable dish decorated with numerous fish and shrimp, the interior with carp swimming amongst waterweeds, the shell dish painted with a garden scene showing three ladies approaching a scholar while a boy brings tea.
10¼ and 9¾in. (26 and 24.8cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
The Lucile and Robert H. Gries Charity Fund
Western Reserve Historical Society
Lot Essay
For numerous examples of the 17th century Dutch Delft prototype see D. Korf, Tegels, Haarlem 1979, pp. 116-119.
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