Lot Essay
The initials I.C. are almost certainly those of Johannes Camphuys (1634-1695), who was born in Haarlem and joined the Dutch East India Company twenty years later. After occupying a number of minor positions, he was placed in charge of the Company's operations in Japan in 1671, and was stationed at Deshima. In 1684 he was elected Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies and was stationed in Batavia.
Cf. Soames Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pls. 10a/b; Martin Lerner, Catalogue of Blue and White, Early Japanese Export Ware, pls.39-46, in particular pls.44 and 45; and M. Lerner, Tea-Ceremony Pottery and Export Porcelain, p.278.
Cf. Soames Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pls. 10a/b; Martin Lerner, Catalogue of Blue and White, Early Japanese Export Ware, pls.39-46, in particular pls.44 and 45; and M. Lerner, Tea-Ceremony Pottery and Export Porcelain, p.278.