A Dutch Delft yellow-ground dish with 'sample' or 'hundred antiquities' decoration

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'SAMPLE' (MONSTER) OR 'HUNDRED ANTIQUITIES' DECORATION It is generally believed that plaques or dishes with 'sample' (monster) decoration were used by workshops as advertisements for the goods they manufactured or wished to sell. Unfortunately it has not yet been possible to back this up with evidence from workshop archives. Another source for these 'sample' plaques and dishes could be Chinese porcelain with 'Hundred Antiquities' decoration, where various stylised objects are painted on a plain background. A dish in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (inv.no. BK-NM-12400-194) shows the same central garniture as the present lots, this time surrounded by a variety of objects which could not have been produced by a Delft potter; a mirror, a chair, a dog and a cat, a wooden basket, a cradle etc.. The dish here offered is decorated with five medallions enclosing Oriental figures, which is also not really a subject for 'sample' decoration. Another link to an Oriental source is the yellow ground, which reminds us of Kangxi examples (see M.S. van Aken-Fehmers, Delfts Aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product, Zwolle, 1999, p. 148-149, cat.no. 55 and fig. 1 and 2 and frontcover).

A Dutch Delft yellow-ground dish with 'sample' or 'hundred antiquities' decoration

1750-1775, PROBABLY BY DE GRIEKSCHE A FACTORY

Details

A Dutch Delft yellow-ground dish with 'sample' or 'hundred antiquities' decoration
1750-1775, probably by De Grieksche A factory
Painted in blue with a central garniture of chinoiserie vases, the upper part with a large cuspidor (kwispedoor) flanked by teapots, the lower part with a flared vase flanked by two smaller cuspidors, the border with five medallions enclosing Oriental figures at various pursuits, small areas of restoration to the rim
22.8 cm. (9 in.) wide

Provenance

With Salomon Stodel Antiquités, Amsterdam, 1978, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. I-19).

Exhibited

Delft, 30e Oude Kunst- en Antiekbeurs, 19 October 8 November 1978.

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