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24. Dish. Chinese (Scottish market), ca. I735-40. Hard Thisbeautifullydrawnflower basketderivesfroman untracedengravingafter
paste. Diam. I5I4in. (38.7 cm). Helena Woolworth Jean BaptisteMonnoyer(1634-I699)-one of his manyvariant compositionsthat
McCann Collection, Purchase,Winfield Foundation werefreelyadaptedto a wide rangeof medialongafterhis death.The dish is one
of two in theMetropolitan,and a thirdis in thePeabodyEssexMuseum,Salem,
Gift, I962 (62.187.1) Massachusettso;riginallytherewasprobablya set offour or,at most,six. The
placementof thebasketon a goldgroundmayhave originatedwith the Chinese
painter but,alternatively,couldhave beeninspiredby Westernfamiliaritywith
Yongzhengexportporcelainsrichlypatternedin gold,silver,and black.
Little is known of theFrenchfamily of Berwickshirew, hosearmsappearon the
reverseof this dish.Thesamearmorialappearson the reverseof twoplates in the
BritishMuseum,London.
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