A 'DESHIMA ISLAND' PLATE
Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue and white after an Arita prototype showing three Dutchmen in a landscape, ships and a village visible in the distance, the crimped rim with a border of waves and the back with three flowering boughs
77/8in. (20cm.) diameter
Lot Essay
Bearing an Hervouet Collection label and sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 November 1987, Collection Francois Hervouet, deuxième partie, lot 811
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