The Helen Espir Collection - 12th November 2014
Lot 345
Two Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated saucers 1st half 18th century
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £700
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Description
Two Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated saucers 1st half 18th century, originally left in the white and later-enamelled in Holland, one with a scene of Adam and Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge, the serpent offering the apple to Eve while birds fly above, the other decorated with a tall dovecote beneath a tree, a church and other European buildings beyond, 11cm. (2)
Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 896 and 925.
Illustrated: Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.197, pl.54 for the Adam and Eve saucer.
The enamel palette of both saucers is distinctly Dutch, and the subject of the first couple a traditional theme for Delft chargers.