Lot Essay
Plates with this subject are illustrated by D.F.Lunsingh Scheurleer, op. cit., fig.224 and F.and N.Hervouet and Y.Bruneau, op. cit. p.294, no. 13.11; see also the cup and saucer with a cell-diaper band illustrated by E.Gordon, op. cit., p.61, fig.45; the saucer from the Musée Guimet in M.Beurdeley, Cat.135; the straining saucer illustrated by D.Howard and J.Ayers, op. cit., vol.I, p.339, no.336; and the plate in C. Le Corbeiller, op. cit., p.66, no.28, where the author notes that the scene is taken from part of a composition by Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651), later engraved by his son Frederick. D.F.Lunsingh Scheurleer discusses the treatment of the subject, op. cit., p.140