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72. A Dutch Delftware oval tray with biblical scene, circa 1…
72
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72. A Dutch Delftware oval tray with biblical scene, circa 1…
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
72. A Dutch Delftware oval tray with biblical scene, circa 1770-80
De Porceleyne Lampetkan factory, painted with two scenes from the Old Testament story of Jacob and Esau, the first in the left foreground where Jacob hands a bowl of soup to Esau and the second in the right background showing Jacob kneeling at his father Isaac's bed to receive his blessing while Esau returns from the hunt immediately to the right, within a foliate scrollwork border and scrolled handles on both sides, all in underglaze-blue, 43.2cm diam. across the handles, LPK mark to the reverse in underglaze-blue
Literature
Morley-Fletcher, Hugo and McIlroy, Roger, Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, 1984, p. 232, no. 4;
Aronson Antiquairs, In the Eye of the Beholder: Perspectives on Dutch Delftware, 2011, p. 118, no. 62
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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