CIRCA 1700

Details

A large Bouffioulx (Hainault) stoneware bellarmine
Circa 1700
(Dame Jeanne) the globular body covered in a brown glaze, applied with a bearded grotesque mascaroon, inspired by Rhenish Bartmannkrüge, with loop handle
49cm high

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

Cf. M. Mariën, Grès armoriés de Bouffioulx (Charleroi 1990), p.47 for an ill.

Bouffioulx, in the southern part of actual Belgium, supplied stoneware for the princedom-bishopric of Liège and the Spanish Southern Netherlands.

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