Lot Essay
See the Dutch silver prototype dated 1598 illustrated on the opposite page, taken from J. W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1961, vol.IV, no.6, pl.6.
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A VERY RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE DUTCH-SILVER-SHAPED SALT
early 17th century
Of triangular section like the silver prototype, with three ball feet supporting the raised lower triangle applied at the centre with a central knopped dome intended in the Dutch silver original to support a small mythological standing figure, each corner with a cylindrical pillar supporting the triangle above the upper side of the top section modelled with a concave basin between three knop finials, all elements painted with leafy lotus scroll motifs, some restoration mostly to edges
7in. (18cm.) high
early 17th century
Of triangular section like the silver prototype, with three ball feet supporting the raised lower triangle applied at the centre with a central knopped dome intended in the Dutch silver original to support a small mythological standing figure, each corner with a cylindrical pillar supporting the triangle above the upper side of the top section modelled with a concave basin between three knop finials, all elements painted with leafy lotus scroll motifs, some restoration mostly to edges
7in. (18cm.) high