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A PAIR OF CAMAIEU ROSE 'CARD PLAYERS' PLATES Circa 1740 Each enamelled in pink at the centre with Dutch countryfolk seated at a table beneath a tree, two playing cards, a third watching them and the fourth embracing a maiden who is holding a pitcher of wine, a figure stands to the left smoking a pipe, the foreground with strutting chickens, below two narrow gilt bands in the well, and pink enamel floral garlands suspended from shaped scale-pattern cartouches divided by peacocks at the border, one with minor underside chips 9 in. (23 cm.) diam. (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1979, lot 176 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-86).

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