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Lot Essay
The conclusion of the Treaty of Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) of 1748 made an end to the 'war of the Austrian succession', restoring Austrian governace over the Southern Netherlands from Louis XV of France. The preliminaries for this agreement were drawn up on the 30 April 1748 and the treaty itself signed on the 8 October 1748. Both dates are visible on the documents shown in the scene of the above dish. A similar dish is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York and illustrated in M. Beurdeley, Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, p. 72, fig. 45 and Hervouët et Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidentale, Paris, 1986, p. 386, fig. 16.72.
It was not uncommon during the 18th century to decorate Chinese and Japanese dishes in Amsterdam and Delft workshops, such as that of Gerrit van der Kaade. The subjectmatters often commemorated important political events, portraits of well-known personalities or topographical sites. More common however was the overdecoration with with birds, flowers and Baroque scrolls where the original pieces were thought too sparsely decorated.
It was not uncommon during the 18th century to decorate Chinese and Japanese dishes in Amsterdam and Delft workshops, such as that of Gerrit van der Kaade. The subjectmatters often commemorated important political events, portraits of well-known personalities or topographical sites. More common however was the overdecoration with with birds, flowers and Baroque scrolls where the original pieces were thought too sparsely decorated.