CIRCA 1740

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'DON QUIXOTE' SOUP PLATE
CIRCA 1740
Richly enameled with the knight on horseback, the barber's basin on his head and the faithful Sancho Panza at his side, two deshabille women peeking out from a tree
8 7/8 in. (22.4 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Christie's, New York, January 1998, lot 38.

Lot Essay

After an engraving by J. Folkema inspired by C.A. Coypel drawings depicting the adventure of Don Quixote related in Chapter XXI of Cervantes chef d'oeuvre, when the knight steals a brass barber's basin that he believes to be the enchanted helmet of the king Mambrin. See Hervouet and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes, pp. 194-5

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