A FAMILLE ROSE "FISHERMAN" PLATE

CIRCA 1740

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A FAMILLE ROSE "FISHERMAN" PLATE
CIRCA 1740
Finely painted with a Dutch fisherman standing on a riverbank holding a pole, two baskets at the foot of an old tree and two birds flying overhead, the rim with four Chinese landscape panels in gilt, grisaille and iron-red reserved on a cell diaper ground
9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

This finely rendered scene is after the Dutch painter Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) of Utrecht, who specialized in history painting as well as rural landscapes. Hervouet & Bruneau (op. cit., p. 66) note that "...it is exceptional to see [this subject] in colored enamels."

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