A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED AND MONOGRAMMED ROYAL PORTRAIT BUST, NATURALISTICALLY MODELLED IN RELIEF WITH THE BUST OF THE DUTCH STADHOLDER AND THE ENGLISH KING WILLIAM III (1672 - 1702) WEARING A HUGE CROWN WITH FRENCH LILIES AND FOLIAGE, A GOWN ENHANCED WITH FOLIAGE AND A MEDALLION AROUND HIS NECK, ON SQUARE PEDESTAL BASE WITH A CROWNED MONOGRAM TO THE FOOT, INSCRIBED 1699 AND MKSB TO THE SIDES, PROBABLY DE GRIEKSCHE A, 1699

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A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED AND MONOGRAMMED ROYAL PORTRAIT BUST, NATURALISTICALLY MODELLED IN RELIEF WITH THE BUST OF THE DUTCH STADHOLDER AND THE ENGLISH KING WILLIAM III (1672 - 1702) WEARING A HUGE CROWN WITH FRENCH LILIES AND FOLIAGE, A GOWN ENHANCED WITH FOLIAGE AND A MEDALLION AROUND HIS NECK, ON SQUARE PEDESTAL BASE WITH A CROWNED MONOGRAM TO THE FOOT, INSCRIBED 1699 AND MKSB TO THE SIDES, PROBABLY DE GRIEKSCHE A, 1699
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THERE ARE TWO SIMILAR PORTRAIT BUSTS IN THE COLLECTION EVENEPOEL, MUSéES ROYAUX D'ART ET D'HISTOIRE, BRUSSELS

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