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Plate Depicting Hendrik Durven, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (VOC), and His Wife Plate

This is a plate. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. Elliot Picket.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 5.3 x 28 cm (2 1/16 x 11 in.)

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Plate Depicting Hendrik Durven, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (VOC), and His Wife Plate; China (for export); porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 5.3 x 28 cm (2 1/16 x 11 in.); Gift of Mrs. Elliot Picket; 1981-15-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Foreign Exchange.

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