1308. Blue and White Plate

Delft, circa 1680

Marked 7 SVE in blue for Samuel van Eenhoorn, the owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) Factory from 1678 to 1685

Painted in the center with two Oriental figures seated in a garden, and on the rim with three seated figures alternating with a version of ‘The Three Friends of Winter’: a stylized flowering plant, a pine tree and bamboo.

DIMENSIONS:

Diameter: 22.3 cm. (8.8 in.)

PROVENANCE:

The Dr. Günther Grethe Collection, Hamburg

CONDITION:

• Rim abrasions
• One chip of 13 x 5 mm.
• One chip of 13 x 3 mm.
• One chip of 8 x 3 mm.
• One chip of 8 x 3 mm.