Lot Essay
Cf. J.Boyazoglu & L.de Neuville, Faïences de Delft (Paris 1980), p.66 ill.6 for a similar dish.
LATE 17TH CENTURY, MARKED FOR DE WITTE STARRE
Details
A Dutch Delft blue and white chinoiserie dish
Late 17th century, marked for de witte Starre
(Kaapse schotel) inspired by Wan Li examples, decorated with a central boss depicting a grasshopper or cicada on a rock, surrounded by flowering branches, the border with roundels enclosing Taoist symbols, the edge dark brown
26,5cm diam.
Late 17th century, marked for de witte Starre
(Kaapse schotel) inspired by Wan Li examples, decorated with a central boss depicting a grasshopper or cicada on a rock, surrounded by flowering branches, the border with roundels enclosing Taoist symbols, the edge dark brown
26,5cm diam.
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