JVV 0564
Delft, circa 1680
The lobed dish is composed of nine, wide lobes around a nine-fold centre and is painted in blue with a chinoiserie decor. A seated Chinese figure in an oriental landscape is 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 blue-black.
Dimensions: diameter 35 cm / 13.77 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).
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