Online Auction 21110The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland Online
A SET OF FIVE ENGLISH (HERCULANEUM) CREAMWARE DUTCH-DECORATED 'PRODIGAL SON' PLATES
Lot 331

A SET OF FIVE ENGLISH (HERCULANEUM) CREAMWARE DUTCH-DECORATED 'PRODIGAL SON' PLATES

CIRCA 1805, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS AND 12

Closed20 October 2023

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A SET OF FIVE ENGLISH (HERCULANEUM) CREAMWARE DUTCH-DECORATED 'PRODIGAL SON' PLATES
CIRCA 1805, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS AND 12
Each painted at the center with a scene from the parable of the Prodigal Son, a garland of flowers and scrolls at the border with a caption to each scene painted in black:

ZYN ERFDEEL (his inheritance)
ZYN VREUGT (his pleasure)
ZYN DROEFHEID (his sadness)
ZYN BEROUW (his repentance)
ZYN MAALTYT (his feast)
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 May 1979, lot 28.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 1988, lot 291.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

The present five plates are missing a sixth companion, ZYN UITTOGT ('his departure'), depicting the second scene in the parable. A similar set of six Dutch-decorated English creamware plates painted with the complete set of scenes was sold by Christie's, London, 18 November 1999, lot 14, and a slightly earlier example in Leeds creamware with Dutch decoration was sold by Christie's, London, 21 January 2003, lot 131.

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