QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760-1765

Name: A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘DUTCH MARKET’ TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE
Brand: QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760-1765
Price: 1900.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 2,394

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USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

Closed: 18 Jun 2024

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A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘DUTCH MARKET’ TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760-1765

Price Realised USD 2,394

Closed: 18 Jun 2024

Price Realised USD 2,394

Closed: 18 Jun 2024

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Painted at the center with a view of Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Stadsherberg, or Public House, viewed from the River Y, with rowboats in the foreground and tall ship masts in the distance, the border with flowers
9¹⁄₈ in. (23.2 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

See C. Le Corbeiller, , New York, 1974, p. 108 for a 1664 Dutch engraving of the , which stood on the Amsterdam wharf from 1662 to 1872, as well as another plate painted with this subject in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (accession no. 64.267). In the words of David Howard and John Ayers, the must have been where the V.O.C. sailors "spent their last hours before embarkation... and the first on their return" (D. Howard and J. Ayers, , New York and London, 1978, vol. I, p. 193).