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Oude Loosdrecht Tea Bowl and Saucer
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1774
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Netherlands
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Description
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A rare and early Oude Loosdrecht porcelain tea bowl and saucer painted with a purple-pink ground and Italian comedy figures with grotesque animal masks.
Tea bowl 4cm High
Saucer 12.5cm Dia.
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Condition
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The saucer with some minor rubbing touched in and two small slice chips under the rim restored
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Literature
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W.M. Zappey et al; Loosdrechts porselein 1774-1784 , p.156, fig. 22, for teapot from an allied service see with Italian comedy figures; the male figure wearing an owl mask.
Museum Collections : National Museum of Cardiff: W.S. de Winton Collection, for a tea bowl and saucer with the same colour ground, painted with birds
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, for a coffee pot and tea bowl and saucer from the same service. ( BK-1955-71 B1/2)
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