LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MAKKUM

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A Frisian maiolica blue and white allegorical deep dish
Late 17th century, probably Makkum
Decorated with a maiden wearing a fancy headdress and a large striped gown, holding a flower allegorical of Smell
31cm. diam.
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Lot Essay

These dishes are also attributed to West Frisia; Enkhuizen or Hoorn.

Cf. P.J. Tichelaar, Fries Aardewerkmuseum Makkum (Leeuwarden 1984), p.51 ill.272 for a comparable Makkum dish.

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