18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH-DECORATED 'CRUCIFIXION' SAUCER-DISH
18TH CENTURY
Decorated all over with Christ on the Cross at the centre flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John, who faces Christ, crack
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

With Philip Suval, New York
François Hervouët no. 458, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 22 June 1987, lot 1725.

Literature

F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, fig. 16.140, p.401.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

It is unusual to find St.John turned towards the Cross on Dutch-decorated dishes; see the related dish, with both standing figures facing the spectator, also illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, ibid.,, 1986, no.16.141 from the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. Two teabowls and saucers with similar design from the Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann collection, were sold in Christie's Amsterdam, 16 April 2002, lots 1311 and 1312.

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