A Colonial silver dish

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FORMER DUTCH EAST INDIES, CIRCA 1690

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A Colonial silver dish
Apparently unmarked, former Dutch East Indies, circa 1690
The wide border chased in relief with eight lobes, divided by stylised foliage, shells and flowers in the Oriëntal taste and the plain centre with fluted band, the reverse inscribed RYSW and a Malayan text
38cm wide
(1198gr)

Lot Essay

Cf. For a similar example Catalogue " Zilver uit de tijd van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie", The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum 20-12-1966 12-2-1967, no. 13 with illustration, from the collection of the late Mr. J. Post, Amsterdam see illustration

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