CIRCA 1740

Details

A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'HUNTSMAN' PLATE
Circa 1740
Boldly enamelled all over with a huntsman beneath a tree blowing his horn and holding a dagger in his right hand, a stag lying before him and a hound at either side of him
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 14 May 1997, lot 333.
With Jacques Fijnaut B.V., Amsterdam, 1998, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no.J-184 (pair)).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This scene is taken from a painting by Johan Elias Ridinger, see reproduction above, taken from S. Ducret, Meissener Porzellan, Braunschweig, 1972, vol. I, p.198, fig.348. Ridinger made several engravings after this painting, one of which was probably sent to China to be copied for this service. A very similar plate from the Mottahedeh Collection is illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.I, no.278, p.280. A chocolate pot with this design, but perhaps from a different service, is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.78, fig.3.34.

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