拍品 675
  • 675

AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE POLYCHROME ROYAL PORTRAIT CHARGER LATE 17TH CENTURY |

估價
8,000 - 12,000 USD
招標截止

描述

  • diameter 14 in.
  • 35.5 cm
probably London, painted with a full-length portrait of either King Charles II or William III wearing an ermine-lined cloak and holding an orb and scepter, flanked by trees, within a yellow line and blue dash border on the rim.

來源

The Property of a Gentleman, sold, Christie's, New York, July 17, 1972, lot 3
Jonathan Horne, London, May, 1983
Vogel Collection no. 388

Condition

In overall good appearance. There is a flat shallow chip to the underside edge of the rim at 10 o'clock. There is typical glaze loss along edge of rim, and some minor surface scratching to front face.
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拍品資料及來源

The identity of the figure is not immediately clear, though it is likely to depict William III. Chargers showing this figure are usually uninscribed making identification difficult. Some are inscribed 'W R' for William III, an example of which was sold at Sotheby's, Olympia, July 5, 2005, lot 123, and even fewer are recorded with 'C R' for Charles II, see the example dated 1672 published by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 2, p. 42, D.9.

Pot-painters were not so concerned with producing an accurate likeness, though in most cases on dishes inscribed C R, the painter has attempted a mustache that was worn by Charles II. William III was clean shaven but the depiction on the present charger is slightly ambiguous.