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A BOW BLUE AND WHITE SWEETMEAT DISH
CIRCA 1765
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A BOW BLUE AND WHITE SWEETMEAT DISH
CIRCA 1765
Modelled as three fluted shells painted with pagodas on wooded river islands within cell-pattern borders, surmounted by a magnificent blue-scale dolphin surrounded by shells, the underside with three cone feet (two minute rim chips to shells)
7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide
Exhibited
Fenichell Basmajian, New York, 1-15 November 2001, no. 25.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Lot Essay
Cf. a similar example in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, C.693-1924 (Broderip Gift).