Lot Essay
Complete series of six are illustrated together with a discussion of the background to these plates satirising the South Sea Bubble 'mania' which burst in 1720, and also John Law's financial speculation in France in: Howard and Ayers, China for the West, vol.I, pp.234-235; Stephen Hartog, Pronken Met Oosters Porselein, exhibition cat. p.119, pl.141;
Leonard Blusse, Tribuut aan China, pp.92-94;
Hervouet, La Porcelaine the Compagnies des Indes, pp.214-219;
C. Jorg, Chinese export Porcelain, from the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, exhibition cat. pp.116-117 for a set of five plates from this series
A set of six plates were sold, Christie's Amsterdam, October 15, 1990, lot 142
Leonard Blusse, Tribuut aan China, pp.92-94;
Hervouet, La Porcelaine the Compagnies des Indes, pp.214-219;
C. Jorg, Chinese export Porcelain, from the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, exhibition cat. pp.116-117 for a set of five plates from this series
A set of six plates were sold, Christie's Amsterdam, October 15, 1990, lot 142