Reference: 10082
A Yongzheng period (1722-1735) plate with 'Governor Duff' decoration in Chinese verte-imari, 18th century, around 1725-1730, Jingdezhen, China.
Chinese verte-imari
Dimensions: 23,5 cm diameter.
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The plate was probably made for the marriage between 'Diederik Durven' (1675-1740) and his wife 'Anna Catharina de Roo' (1699-1741) who married in 1725 in the Dutch colonial Batavia (Jakarta). Diederik Durven was the Dutch East India Company governor of Batavia from 1729 till 1731.
The name 'Duff' was given to him by the English.
Although these plates are commonly known as 'Governor Duff plate', there is still discussion about the subject:
An old view is that the plate depicts Louis XIV and madame de Maintenon.
An other view is that the plate depicts a Dutch Frisian couple in traditional costume.
Recently it is discussed that the couple is actually Jewish out of Frankfurt based on German existing prints. However, authors such as M. Breudeley and D.F Lunsingh Scheurleer states that the couple must be Dutch! Judge for yourself!
European imagery is paired with traditional Chinese motifs, notably the “hundred antiques”—a grouping of scholarly objects and auspicious Buddhist symbols that became fashionable in the early Kangxi period as a marker of refinement and learning. These are accompanied by symbolic fruits: peaches for longevity, pomegranates for fertility, and the fingered citron, or “Buddha’s hand,” as a sign of good fortune..
Condition: A few rim frittings/small chips, no hairlines.
Reference:
-D.S. Howard, ‘The Choice of the Private Trader’, 1994, p. 62.
Similar examples can be seen in for example:
-Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, object nr. AK-NM-13591
-The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession nr. 1970.220.1
-Fine Art Museum of San Fransisco accession nr. 1953.9
-Princessehof Leeuwarden
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