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Antique Cobalt Blue Dish Floral Decoration Sybille Merian Chinese, 18th Century
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Larger dish on footring, flat rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a butterfly and two flowers (iris and anemone). On the anemone, a large caterpillar. A second caterpillar is found on a lower leaf. The cavetto is encircled by a decorative border of intertwined leaves with flower heads. On the rim intertwined floral and foliate scrolls amongst which small flowers. The reverse is undecorated.
Maria Sybille Merian was a Dutch botanist and artist interested in the study of insects and plants in the Dutch West Indies. Occurs on Chinese export decorations sometimes in combination with design elements reminiscent of designs by Cornelis Pronk.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Blue & White
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18th century Qing (1661 - 1912)
Age: Pre-1800
Condition: Overall Condition rimfritting and 1 line to rim.
Dimension: Ø 26.6 x 2.5 H cm
- Dimensions:Height: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)Diameter: 10.48 in (26.6 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:18th Century
- Condition:Overall Condition rimfritting and 1 line to rim.
- Seller Location:Amsterdam, NL
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