Lot Essay
The monkey on horseback possibly depicts King Monkey from the Chinese literary classic Journey to the West.
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CIRCA 1680
Details
A Dutch Delft blue and white chinoiserie vase
CIRCA 1680
Painted in the Hoppesteijn-style with two serrated cartouches with scenes inspired by Chinese Transitional examples, one depicting a monkey on horseback with an Oriental attendant, the other with a servant and lady in a landscape, against a crackled-ice background with reserved lotus scrolls (shallow chip to upper rim)
20 cm. high
CIRCA 1680
Painted in the Hoppesteijn-style with two serrated cartouches with scenes inspired by Chinese Transitional examples, one depicting a monkey on horseback with an Oriental attendant, the other with a servant and lady in a landscape, against a crackled-ice background with reserved lotus scrolls (shallow chip to upper rim)
20 cm. high
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