CIRCA 1775, BLUE M:OL MARK, INCISED M:OL AND 4A OR 7A ABOVE A HORIZONTAL LINE

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A Loosdrecht trompe l'oeil peach-shaped box and cover
CIRCA 1775, BLUE M:OL MARK, INCISED M:OL AND 4A OR 7A ABOVE A HORIZONTAL LINE
Finely painted with various insects, some captured in a spider's web, the cover with flower branch handle
10.2 cm. wide (2)

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Lot Essay

See A. den Blaauwen, Loosdrechts Porselein 1774-1784, Zwolle, 1988, p. 68 and cat. no. 16, 19 and 201. The insects and spiders on these objects are painted with great entomologic understanding and are clearly by the same hand as those on this peach-shaped box.

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