Lot 125
  • 125

A pair of Dutch Delft polychrome plaques, circa 1740-50

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pottery, Delft
  • 35.7cm., 14 1/8 in. x 31.4cm., 12 3/8 in.
of quatrelobe form painted with a Chinese lady holding a fan to the side of a large flowering prunus branch with two perching birds, within a moulded frame with flowering scrolls upon an iron-red ground, both plaques pierced twice for hanging,

Literature

J.F. Heijbroek & A.Th.P van Griensven, Kunst, kennis en kwaliteit, Zwolle, 2007, p.122, in a photograph from 1955.

Condition

Both in generally good condition. One plaque with a chip to the pierced hanging holes at top of moulded frame, otherwise typical small glaze chips.
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