SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch Delft black-enhanced chinoiserie charger
Second quarter of the 18th century
Inspired by K'ang Hsi famille verte and Rouen faience examples, painted in colours with a terrace depicting three tall slender Oriental ladies (Meiren) and a Zotje beside a laid table, further with blossoming chrysanthemum branches with a perched parrot issuing from behind a windscreen, further with another flying bird, the border with six quatrefoil cartouches depicting flower branches, two with perched birds, within scrolling foliage, and; the chairs, hairdresses or coiffures, slippers and background to the border black-enhanced
34cm diam.

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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

Cf. H.P. Fourest, Delftware (London 1980), p.92 ill.84 for a very similar dish in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. A. Vecht, Het wondere zwart van Delft, Gemeentemusea Amsterdam Willet Holthuysen cat. 322 24 november 1962-15 januari 1963, ill. 39 for a chinoiserie plaque enhanced in black.

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