拍品 54
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL EWER AND BASIN

PORTUGUESE OR DUTCH COLONIAL, 17TH CENTURY

细节
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL EWER AND BASIN
PORTUGUESE OR DUTCH COLONIAL, 17TH CENTURY

The basin with a later burr-wood support on the reverse; minor losses and restorations.
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high, the ewer
17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) diam., the basin (2)
出版
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Lisbon, Museu de Sao Roque, The Heritage of Rauluchantin, 1996, nos. 11-14, 17-20.

拍品专文

As is evident from the catalogue of the recent exhibition in Lisbon (loc. cit.), objects of this type, veneered in mother-of-pearl, were produced in large numbers in India where they must always have been intended for the European market. The height of this activity appears to have been in the 17th century, although one dish in the exhibition is dated as early as 1568 (Lisbon, op. cit., no. 13).