A Chinese Dutch-decorated 'crucifixion' saucer dish

MID 18TH CENTURY

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A Chinese Dutch-decorated 'crucifixion' saucer dish
Mid 18th Century
Enamelled and gilt with Christ on the cross between a mourning figure of Mary and St. John, in the distance a hilly landscape with a church, encircled at the rim with a scroll band reserved with panels enclosing a whip and a torch, some small rim chips and frits, some gilt rubbing
20.7 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

A variety of interpretations of this subjectmatter was made not only on Chinese decorated pieces, but also on Dutch-decorated pieces. The latter is clearly shown in eight examples illustrated in Hervouët et Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p. 400-403, figs. 16.138-16.144.

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