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PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MONTEITH This rare form emulates English silver examples that were fashionable
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) between about 1680 and 1720, their distinctive rims made to hold
The notched rim above cartouches of beasts and birds reserved on a wine glass bases so their bowls could cool in ice. The bowls were
ground of dense scrolling foliage, the interior with auspicious antiques named after an eccentric Scot, Lord Monteith, who wore his cloak
below Buddhist emblems, the base with a blue fower mark hem notched in this fashion.
12Ω in. (31.7 cm.) diameter
$20,000-30,000

PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT A. LANDAU COLLECTION
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A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE
‘VOC’ DISH
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1680
14º in. (36.2 cm.) diameter
$7,000-10,000
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Amsterdam, 20-21 May 2008,
lot 401.
The VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
or Dutch East India Co.) was key to the
prosperity of the Dutch Golden Age.
Dishes such as this were made for the use of
Company offcials at their outpost in Batavia
and elsewhere. See K.H. Corrigan, J. van
Campen and F. Diercks, Asia in Amsterdam,
pp. 14-15.

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