CIRCA 1770

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A Dutch Delft polychrome 'samples' plate
CIRCA 1770
Monsterbordje, painted in yellow inspired by Kangxi examples, further with blue and white decoration of a five-piece garniture or Kaststel, a pair of cuspidors, a teapot and three two-handled objects, the border with stylised foliage
23 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

These plates can be considered as an early marketing tool for potters, showing some of their wares on offer, inspired by the Chinese 'Hundred Antiquities', for a related 'samples' plate see J.D. van Dam, Delffse Porceleyne, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 167 ill. 107.

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