A pair of Dutch Delft blue and white rectangular herring dishes

CIRCA 1764, MARKED FOR HUGO JUSTUSZOON BROUWER AT DE DRYE PORCELEYNE FLESSEN

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A pair of Dutch Delft blue and white rectangular herring dishes
Circa 1764, marked for Hugo Justuszoon Brouwer at De Drye Porceleyne Flessen
The light blue-ground decorated with a gutted herring, the shaped border enhanced with floral branches, the darkblue edge modelled in relief
25cm. (9 3/4 in.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. C.J.A. Jörg, Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade (The Hague 1982), p. 179 notes that the Dutch East India Company ordered copies of this type of dishes in two versions in China.

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