A CHINESE IMARI EUROPEAN-SUBJECT PLATE

CIRCA 1730

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A CHINESE IMARI EUROPEAN-SUBJECT PLATE
Circa 1730
With a scene known as 'Govenor Duff and his Wife', showing the Dutch couple strolling in a fenced Chinese garden, their small hound at their side, contained within an elaborate border of underglaze blue lappets issuing floral sprigs and alternating with gilt and iron-red still-lifes of antiques and auspicious objects, the reverse with two sketchily painted flowering boughs
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

It has been the tradition to call this design 'Govenor Duff and His Wife', referring to the Dutch Govenor-General Diederik Durven who held the office from 1729 to 1732. There is no actual evidence of this identification, however, and the scene is likely based on a print or drawing.

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