LATE 17TH CENTURY

Details

An Arita blue and white 'VOC' dish
Late 17th Century
The central 'VOC' monogram surmounted by the initial 'N' within a wreath, the flaring rim encircled by sketchily painted flower-heads and feathery foliage
29.5 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The 'VOC' monogram with the additional letter 'N', reads Nederlandse Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie. For a similar example in the Haags Gemeentemuseum, see Porcelain Park, catalogue, 1993, no. 30 and O. Impey, Amsterdam, 2002, Japanese Export Porcelain, p. 108, pl. 127.

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