A Dutch Delft faience platter with a New Testament scene - image-1

Lot 958 Dα

A Dutch Delft faience platter with a New Testament scene

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
19.05.2023, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Faience
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 567 € (incl. premium)

A Dutch Delft faience platter with a New Testament scene

Depicting the scene from John 13 in which Christ washes the feet of his disciples. Around the rim four floral branches, alternating with birds, on the underside line and circle decoration. Unmarked. Radial crack at 4 o'clock, minor glaze chips. D 31.8 cm.
Ca. 1670 - 80.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

For the bible theme cf. Pluis, Bijbeltegels. Bijbelse voorstellingen op Nederlandse wandtegels van de 17e tot de 20e eeuw, Münster 1994, p. 501 f. and 864.