Dish, c.1733, with the Dutch arms of Tuineman, the fenced enclosure being a pun on the word ‘tuin’. Made for Daniel Tuineman the Younger of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who visited Canton that year as 2nd Mate on the Dutch East Indiaman Nieuwvliet. He ordered two sets of porcelain, but was later lost at sea in 1740 as Captain of the Langewijk.
Plate of this service also available.
Reference : Kroes, Jochem; Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, p. 151
Condition : Small rim chip filled; black diaper on rim panels retouched.
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