Related to the recently published catalogue on ceramic by the Friends of the Museum of Ceramics, de Prinsessehof (see Books/catalogues). (Not to mention blue Monday tomorrow: might this variant cheer you up!)
A porcelain platter designed with a ‘Greekianesque’ motif of a meandering border (a stencil was used, but not a 100% fitting one as shows the upper left corner where it does not go in a row.
The center piece is a sphinx, Greek in its sitting posture and the upright wings, Egyptian in its head dress (reminding of the crown of the goddess Nephtys) and holding the holy rattle, the sistrum. The addition of the fleur the lis on top if it indicates the European design, as are the female breasts.