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Gadrooned dish
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Why this is a
Masterpiece

The dish is embossed with abundant, luxuriant vegetal decoration of extremely oriental appearance. The entire surface of each lobe is covered with sprigs of foliage, in each case bearing three large flowers executed in great detail. At the junctions of the lobes, oriental masks are inserted. Calyx-shaped floral garlands are suspended from each mask and it is crowned with a sort of palmette or shell motif. Under each lobe is a cherub, embossed in high relief. The centre is adorned with a continuous series of embossed spiralling tendrils enclosing a large, rosette-shaped flower.

History of the Object
The masks and cherubs are probably based on ornaments made in the Netherlands, interpreted and executed by an oriental silversmith.

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Type
Decorative Art 
Materials
Silver 
Measurements
height 5.5 cm; diameter 38 cm 
Creator name
Unknown 
Creator date
Unknown 
Where it was made
Batavia or Coromandel Coast 
Geography
Indonesia 
Time period
AD 17th century ~ AD 17th century 
Creation date
17th Century; 1685-1700 circa 
Function
decorative 
Acquisition
Purchased in 1978 from fa. A.C. Beeling & Zoon; Leeuwarden 
Copyright
 
Acknowledgements
Lit.: S.M. Voskuil-Groenewegen, J.H.J. Leeuwrik en T.M. Eliëns, Zilver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Zwolle/Den Haag 1998, p. 160, cat.no. 79 
Owner
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 
Museum
Gemeentemuseum 
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