A Large Imari Armorial Dish

LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A Large Imari Armorial Dish
Late 17th/Early 18th Century
Decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with the Van Buren coat-of-arms to the centre, a hatched border with foliage and stylized tassels, the well decorated with a band of eight panels alternating with landscapes and flowers
13.7/8in. (35.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

The border with its display of stately lambrequin flowered and tasselled, reflects the Louis XIV antique manner such as was popularised in Holland and England by the Oeuvres of Daniel Marot, architect to William III.

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