CIRCA 1720-1730

Details

A verte-Imari 'Governor Duff' dish
Circa 1720-1730
Painted, enamelled and gilt with a couple in Western 18th Century dress standing beside a dog on a terrace below maple, the border with shaped panels enriched with flowers betweeen scholar's utensils and flower vases, minute rim frits
23.4 cm. diam.

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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

These figures have variously been described as Louis XIV and Mme de Maintenon, General Duff and his wife, and a Frisian couple. It is generally believed that the subject is Dutch rather than French. General Duff of English legend was the Dutch Governor General Diederik Duiven (1676-1740), who held the post from 1729-1731. See D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 62, fig. 37.

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