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Lot Essay
At least five series of dishes, plates and barber's basins were made in the 1720's depicting the arms of Holland, England, France, Luxembourg, and numerous Dutch and Flemish provinces and cities. Twenty-three different arms appear to be recorded, although there is no documentary evidence to prove that each series comprised quite as many different examples, and judging by the spelling of the names, it is likely they were made to Dutch order. For a discussion on these series, see C. Le Corbeilller, China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange, New York, 1974, pp. 38 and 39, where the author suggests that these series may have been ordered to commemorate the Triple Alliance formed by Holland, England and France in 1717.
One of the series is decorated in the famille verte palette, as in the present example, two in the verte-Imari palette, one in rose-verte, and very rarely one in the rose-Imari palette, although the last would appear to be primarily barber's bowls.
A very similar dish, also inscribed Holland, but slightly larger (38.1 cm. diam.) was in the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol. I, no. 94, p. 118. Le Corbeiller, ibid. illustrates a dish from the same series as the dish in the present lot, but inscribed 'Artoys', as no. 16, and a Dutch delft copy, also of circa 1720, inscribed 'Engelandt' which is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, as fig. 14. A larger dish from a different series, but also inscribed Holland, was sold in these Rooms, 15 June 1999, lot 220.
One of the series is decorated in the famille verte palette, as in the present example, two in the verte-Imari palette, one in rose-verte, and very rarely one in the rose-Imari palette, although the last would appear to be primarily barber's bowls.
A very similar dish, also inscribed Holland, but slightly larger (38.1 cm. diam.) was in the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol. I, no. 94, p. 118. Le Corbeiller, ibid. illustrates a dish from the same series as the dish in the present lot, but inscribed 'Artoys', as no. 16, and a Dutch delft copy, also of circa 1720, inscribed 'Engelandt' which is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, as fig. 14. A larger dish from a different series, but also inscribed Holland, was sold in these Rooms, 15 June 1999, lot 220.