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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE-DASH 'ADAM AND EVE' CHARGER
Lot 13

AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE-DASH 'ADAM AND EVE' CHARGER

CIRCA 1660-80, PROBABLY LONDON

Closed21 May 2019

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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE-DASH 'ADAM AND EVE' CHARGER
CIRCA 1660-80, PROBABLY LONDON
Painted with the Temptation of Adam and Eve, the serpent entwined around the Tree of Knowledge, within a blue-dash border
16 in. (40.6 cm.) diameter

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1982, lot 97.

Specialist note

The ultimate source for the figural composition on this charger, and that on several other recorded Adam and Eve chargers, is an undated engraving by Crispin van de Passe (1564-1637) after a painting by John Overbeck. For an illustration of this engraving, see Michael Archer, Delftware, The tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles, London, 1997, p. 81, fig. 24.