JVV 0551
Delft, 1680-1690
The lobed dish is composed of nine, wide lobes around a nine-fold centre and is painted in purple and yellow with a chinoiserie decor. Two seated Chinese figures in an oriental landscape are depicted in the centre, framed within lines and a white band. The border is decorated with a continuous landscape with four additional Chinese figures. The outline of the decor is painted in purple and then filled in with purple and yellow.
Dimensions: diameter 34.7 cm / 13.7 in.
Explanatory note
In the second half of the seventeenth century many lobed dishes were painted with Chinese motifs, mostly landscapes with Chinese figures. The vast majority are in blue. Two- or multi-coloured chinoiserie decorations were very fashionable during a short period of time, predominantly in the 1680s. In addition to lobed dishes, they also appear on wine jugs, beer mugs, butter pots, covered spiced-wine bowls and dishes.
