CIRCA 1730

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A VERTE-IMARI 'GOVERNOR DUFF' BOWL
CIRCA 1730
Decorated primarily in iron-red, sepia and gilt with a European couple, their arms around each other standing on a terrace with their dog, her cowl picked out in green enamel, the interior with a simple central floral spray below a band of cell-pattern reserved with four floral cartouches at the rim
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

These figures, and those on the plate in the following lot, have been variously described as 'Louis XIV and Madame de Maitenon (or Madame de Montespan)' and 'A Friesian Couple' as well as 'General Duff and his wife'. General or Governor Duff is probably the most likely subject, being a nickname for Diederik Duiven who was Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company from 1729-31. Examples with this scene, although with slight variations to decoration, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, and the Zeeuws Museum, Middleburg, amongst others.

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