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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT A. LANDAU COLLECTION
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THREE RARE DUTCH-DECORATED
‘WONDER OF ZAANDAM’ PIECES
QIANLONG PERIOD, MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with ‘The Bull’s Cruelty’, after the
Dutch painting, depicting a farmer and his
wife attacked by a bull, the wife thrown up in
the air giving premature birth to a baby which
falls on the ground together with her shoes,
a boy fying a kite on the right, comprising
a sgraffto-ground plate and a tea bowl and
saucer inscribed in black paint ‘29 Augustus
1647’
8√ in. (22.6 cm.) diameter, the plate (3)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s, New York, 28 January 1993,
lot 289 (the tea bowl and saucer)
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 13 May 1997, lot 154
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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT A. LANDAU COLLECTION
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A RARE ‘GLUCKLIG ARIVEMENT’ PLATE
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-35)
Richly enameled with three laden Dutch ships
above an inscription translating to Happy
Homecoming, the border with scrolling dragon
medallions and peonies
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
The Hodroff Collection, Part II, Christie’s
New York, 23 January 2008, lot 343.
LITERATURE
D.S. Howard, The Choice of the
Private Trader, p. 66, pl. 43.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT A. LANDAU COLLECTION
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE ‘AMSTERDAM
WATERFRONT’ PIECES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765
Comprising a dinner plate and a rare coffee
cup, each enameled with a view of the Nieuwe
Stadsherberg on the waterfront of Amsterdam
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter, the plate (2)
$5,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
With The Chinese Porcelain Co., New York
(the plate).
With S. Marchant & Son Ltd., London
(the coffee cup).
The Louis J. Binder Collection, Christie’s
London, 17 June 2003, lots 72 and 73.
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