887085

2 MINTON HP SIGNED MALPASS PARIS JAPANESE PLA #887085

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2 MINTON HP SIGNED MALPASS PARIS JAPANESE PLA #887085
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Extremely rare. The combination of Mintons and quality of the French Japonaise painting makes them particularly intrigueing.</em></td>
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Pair of plates handpainted and signed by L Malpass at the Paul Blot Studio, Paris, made by Mintons, England and depicting a Japanese peasant woman with a large fish and a Japanese Samurai Warrior..<BR>9inches diameter.<BR>1.Exquisitely handpainted Japanese gentleman. Unusual angle - seen turning around from a back view as though caught in a candid shot. Traditional Japanese silk costume and sword of the aristocratic Samurai. <BR>2.Handpainted Japanese peasant woman holding a large fish, probably a carp in a simple, open basket on a bed of longbladed grass. Seen from a back view , her head slightly turned. Traditional Japanese peasant costume, a folded umbrella in one hand. <BR>The figures, painted in rich colours in contrast to the water colour effect of the landscape and water background. <BR>Gold rim around border and another gold rim on the rim underneath the plate. <BR>Artist signature on front of both plates L Malpass.<BR>The back of the plate is signed in red script: 3550 (and 3110) Paul Blot Paris 3 Rue de la Paix and has a number of impressed marks, including the Minton factory mark on the back of the woman.<BR>Condition is MINT. No chips/cracks/damage of any sort. The gentleman plate does have crazing, typical of English porcelain of this age.<BR>A series of these paintings is shown in 'Handpainted porcelain plates' by Richard Rendall and Elise Abrams, page 60, with a value of $1200 - $1400.- per plate.
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<tr><td>Title:2 MINTON HP SIGNED MALPASS PARIS JAPANESE PLA</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Boca Raton</td></tr>
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