DATED 1756

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A RARE DATED DUTCH MARKET SHIPPING PLATE
DATED 1756
Finely enameled and gilt with the East Indiaman Vryburg flying the Dutch flag at the stern, the standard of Middleburg at the bow, at the rim the inscription T:SCHIP:VRYBÜRG CE VOERT:DOOR:CAPITEYN IACOB, RYZIK IN:CHINA:INT IAAR.1756. surmounted by a coronet

Provenance

Christie's, London, November 2001, lot 277.

Lot Essay

The Dutch ship Vryburg sailed between Holland and China between 1748 and 1771 under Captain Jacob Ryzik. Only plates of this design are known; it appears that they were made to commemorate the 1756 journey to Canton rather than as a dinner service. Plates of the same design were made the next year for Christ(ian) Schooneman on the occasion of his journey to Whampoa.

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