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A RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE 'VOC' DISH
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A RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE 'VOC' DISH

SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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A RARE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE 'VOC' DISH
Second half of the 19th Century
With gently sloping sides, the centre with a roundel enclosing the initials 'VOC' in iron-red and gilt within a gilt surround, below triangular panels of figures at leisure alternating with birds amongst fruiting and flowering branches, all reserved on a gilt scrolling foliage ground
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) diam.
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Lot Essay

The initials V.O.C. are those of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the Dutch East India Company. A very similar dish is in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p.107, no.103. See also ibid., p.39, no.4 for an Arita dish dating to circa 1670 with similar initials encircled by six panels, and it may have been these Arita examples which inspired the Canton artists.

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