THE DELFT DORÉ VASE 1701-1722, DE GRIEKSCHE A, RED APK AND NUMERALS MARK FOR PIETER KOCX OR HIS WIDOW JOHANNA VAN DER HEUL, THE OTHERS CIRCA 1685

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THREE DUTCH DELFT SMALL VASES
THE DELFT DORÉ VASE 1701-1722, DE GRIEKSCHE A, RED APK AND NUMERALS MARK FOR PIETER KOCX OR HIS WIDOW JOHANNA VAN DER HEUL, THE OTHERS CIRCA 1685
Comprising:
A Delft Doré miniature octagonal double-gourd vase, the neck with a band of pointed decoration above flowerheads, the central section with a band of hatching above trailing flowers, the lower section with a bird perched above flowering plants between blue panels gilt with scrolls (neck broken and restuck, chipping and glaze flaking to rims)

A pear-shaped blue and white vase with tapering neck, painted with Orientals before a table, flowering plants and river islands, the neck with flowering plants above a band of flowerheads and foliage (slight crack, chipping and glaze flaking to upper rim)

A slender blue and white cylindrical bottle-vase with two Oriental ladies playing a board game beside a fence and pierced rockwork (chipping and glaze flaking to rims)
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.), 7¼ in. (18.1 cm.) and 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

For other slightly larger Delft Doré double-gourd vases made at De Grieksche A pottery, see Marion S. van Aken-Fehmers and Loet A. Schledorn, 'Delfts aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product' Gemeentemuseum, The Hague Catalogue (The Hague, 1999), Vol. I, pp. 128-9. Also see p. 92, no. no. 2 for a De Grieksche A vase very similar to the second vase in this lot, and p. 102, no. 12 for two De Grieksche A vases of similar form and size to the third vase in this lot.

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