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416 THE POPOWICH COLLECTION
A RARE GRISAILLE EUROPEAN SUBJECT
DISH 416
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
417
Painted after the Francis Barlow engraving 418
of ‘Different Poultry and a Turkey’ by Jan
Griffer (c1655 to 1718), a Dutch painter 65
active in England
11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE:

Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby’s
New York, 30 January 1985, lot 179.

Howard and Ayers (op. cit., pp. 288-289)
write, “This is one of nine exceptional
dishes known of this quality, all painted
with compositions of birds, against
a background of a farmyard or other
scenery.” Interestingly, the only other
piece recorded with this same scene is
a famille rose snuffbox sold Sotheby’s
London, 2 June 1975, lot 189.

417
A GRISAILLE ‘BURGHLEY HOUSE’ PLATE
CIRCA 1740

Possibly Lord Cecil of Burghley, inscribed
PETRUS DE WOLFF PETR FIL
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter
$4,000-6,000

418
THREE GRISAILLE PLATES
MID-18TH CENTURY

9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter, each (3)
$3,000-5,000