JVV 0615
Delft, 1680-1690
The lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and is painted in blue and yellow with a chinoiserie decor. A seated Chinese figure in an oriental landscape is depicted in the centre, framed within a band of stylized ornaments. The border is decorated with a continuous landscape with four additional Chinese figures.
Dimensions: diameter 33.8 cm / 13.3 in.
Explanatory note
In the second half of the seventeenth century many lobed dishes were painted with Chinese motifs, mostly of landscapes with Chinese figures. The decoration is inspired by Chinese porcelain from the period of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen (1628-1644). Two- or multi-coloured variations of this decor are relatively rare.
