A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'BACCHUS' DISH, the centre painted after a European print with Bacchus standing naked but for a floral thong and crown of vines, holding a beaker of wine in his raised right hand, surrounded by a fruiting vine meander and moulded petal rim (small rim restoration), Kangxi

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'BACCHUS' DISH, the centre painted after a European print with Bacchus standing naked but for a floral thong and crown of vines, holding a beaker of wine in his raised right hand, surrounded by a fruiting vine meander and moulded petal rim (small rim restoration), Kangxi
37.5cm. diam.

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For a similar example cf. D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., p.76, fig.39 where the authors note that the tiled interior in which Bacchus stands often appears in Delft wares of the period and this dish is probably copied from a Delft original. The authors also note that the gadrooned rim suggests a metalwork influence. Cf. also F. and N. Hervouet and Y. Bruneau, p. cit., p.294, fig.13.9

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