A SET OF FIVE "SOUTH SEA BUBBLE" PLATES
CIRCA 1720
A SET OF FIVE "SOUTH SEA BUBBLE" PLATES CIRCA 1720 Each showing Harlequin in verte colors on a tiled floor before a Chinese style wall, most wearing delicately patterned costume, including one with tuning forks on his pantaloons, no doubt a reference to one of the satirical sayings that often accompanied these cartoons: De Actie-mars op de tang (The march of the share values played on the tuning fork) 8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter (5)
A SET OF FIVE "SOUTH SEA BUBBLE" PLATES
CIRCA 1720
A SET OF FIVE "SOUTH SEA BUBBLE" PLATES CIRCA 1720 Each showing Harlequin in verte colors on a tiled floor before a Chinese style wall, most wearing delicately patterned costume, including one with tuning forks on his pantaloons, no doubt a reference to one of the satirical sayings that often accompanied these cartoons: De Actie-mars op de tang (The march of the share values played on the tuning fork) 8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter (5)
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