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Pair of Imari plates

Unknown artist

Two Imari plates painted with Dutch ships and figures of Dutch merchants. Part of a collection of works of art, which includes specimens of Japanese and Chinese porcelain, Siamese and Japanese metalwork, Chinese and Japanese lacquer work, Japanese puppets, Chinese, Japanese and Siamese textiles and various books, bequeathed by the late Mr. W. B. Sutherland to his wife and offered by her to the Art Fund, which distributed them amongst twelve Museums and Galleries. Wakefield Art Gallery is currently closed and will open in 2011 as The Hepworth Wakefield.

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1947

Gifted by

W B Sutherland

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