拍品 38
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A "CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" PLATE
A "CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" PLATE

CIRCA 1740

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A "CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" PLATE
CIRCA 1740
Dutch ships at anchor in Table Mountain Bay, the mountain visible in the distance
9 inches (22.8 cm) diameter
出版
Published by J M Mudge, op cit, p 112
展览
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, Chinese Export Porcelain, 27 October 1979 - 6 January 1980, cat no 15

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This resting point midway in the six month trip between Europe and Canton was a familiar sight to both Portuguese and Dutch traders. Shown is the Dutch fleet that took control of the territory in 1652. See Le Corbeiller, Patterns of Exchange, p. 84; an example in the Benjamin F Edwards III Collection sold Christie's, New York, 26 January 2010, lot 7.