A CHINESE DUTCH-DECORATED SAUCER DISH 18TH CENTURY Originally left in the white

A CHINESE DUTCH-DECORATED SAUCER DISH

18TH CENTURY

Originally left in the white, later-enamelled in Holland with a Dutch yacht, identifiable by the rig and the lee board, at sail on choppy turquoise waters, flying the Dutch flag with the arms of Amsterdam and further smaller flags from the mainsail and other masts, with two further ships in the distance, the rim with a panelled border of flowers in red, green, black and gilt, 21cm.

Provenance: formerly the Helen Espir Collection, no.909, purchased from Jorge Welsh, January 2007.

Cf. European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.182, pl.33 for a related dish; see also DF Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain - Chine de Commande, fig.355 and p.230 for similar dishes in the collection of the Rijksmuseum; see also DS Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 61, no. 36.