Lot 474
474
Two Dutch Delft chinoiserie lightning dishes
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Two Dutch Delft chinoiserie lightning dishes

FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, MARKED FOR DE PAEUW

Details
Two Dutch Delft chinoiserie lightning dishes
First quarter 18th century, marked for De Paeuw
(Bliksemborden) painted in colours and decorated with bulrushes and flowers issuing from a central pond, connected with zig zag bridges (lightnings) to four lotus leaves, further with scattered flowers (minor rim chips)
29.7 and 30.5cm diam. (2)
Provenance
Collection Etienne Delaunoy, Amsterdam.
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

This pattern is not inspired by thunder and lightning, but by the rather geometrical lay out of the archetypical Japanese garden.

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