Lot Essay
In China for West, Howard and Ayers note that the style of archtitecture on this example is most likely that of Batavia (now Jakarta).
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CIRCA 1740
Details
A MEISSEN STYLE SHIPPING PLATE
CIRCA 1740
The center decorated with two Dutch ships and several smaller vessels in an estuary, a woman standing in the doorway of a domed edifice in the foreground, within a band of iron-red, blue and puce foliate scrolls, the the cavetto and rim with pale-blue bands and gilt spear-head motifs
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1740
The center decorated with two Dutch ships and several smaller vessels in an estuary, a woman standing in the doorway of a domed edifice in the foreground, within a band of iron-red, blue and puce foliate scrolls, the the cavetto and rim with pale-blue bands and gilt spear-head motifs
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Estate of Rafi Y. Mottahedah and Mrs. Mildred R. Mottahedeh, Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 115
Literature
David Howard and John Ayers, op. cit., vol. I, p. 196-197, pl. 194.
Exhibited
Virginia Museum, 1981-82