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Lot Essay
Most of the lacquer that was exported to Holland by the V.O.C. was for daily use such as cabinets, coffers and smaller boxes, but also rare items including armorial dishes reached Europe. Armorial objects were usually privately ordered bearing personal coats-of-arms, including those of the Company's Chief Merchants, but rarer pieces bear the coats-of-arms of cities or provinces such as the present lot.
Besides the lacquer dishes, Chinese porcelain dishes and Japanese porcelain barber's bowls with a similar coat-of-arms and the inscription 'Uytrecht' below, form part of a series of twenty-four dishes bearing the arms of the provinces and cities of the Netherlands, and those of France and England. The spelling of the names on these dishes, suggest that these were made to Dutch order.
Cf. for a Chinese porcelain dish with the coat-of-arms of Utrecht Chinese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, 1989, p.268-269 and D.S. Howard, The choice of the Private trader, London, 1994, p.48,49,53 and 226 for other porcelain examples.
Besides the lacquer dishes, Chinese porcelain dishes and Japanese porcelain barber's bowls with a similar coat-of-arms and the inscription 'Uytrecht' below, form part of a series of twenty-four dishes bearing the arms of the provinces and cities of the Netherlands, and those of France and England. The spelling of the names on these dishes, suggest that these were made to Dutch order.
Cf. for a Chinese porcelain dish with the coat-of-arms of Utrecht Chinese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, 1989, p.268-269 and D.S. Howard, The choice of the Private trader, London, 1994, p.48,49,53 and 226 for other porcelain examples.