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Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg ?1593/4-1657 Delft)
Pears, grapes and a peach on a porcelain platter, with apples, a rose,
shells, a dragonfly, a caterpillar and a lizard on a stone ledge,
with a parrot on an upturned woven basket
signed 'B. vander: Ast' (lower left, on the ledge)
oil on panel; 19 5/8 x 30¼ in. (49.8 x 76.3 cm.)
© Christie's