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1690-1700
Details
A Dutch Delft Blue and White Tulip vase
1690-1700
The heart-shaped body surmounted by five nozzles of octagonal section, the front with four further nozzles, painted with flowers and foliage centred by a maiden, the reverse depicting a bird, the sides with two winged beast handles, on a flared rectangular foot with scrolling foliage and blue-ground panels, minor chips and losses.
29 cm. high x 33 cm. wide
1690-1700
The heart-shaped body surmounted by five nozzles of octagonal section, the front with four further nozzles, painted with flowers and foliage centred by a maiden, the reverse depicting a bird, the sides with two winged beast handles, on a flared rectangular foot with scrolling foliage and blue-ground panels, minor chips and losses.
29 cm. high x 33 cm. wide
Literature
For a pair of vases of the same form, marked for the De Metaale Pot factory, see Marion S. van Aken-Fehmers et al., Delfts Aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Catalogue, Vol. IV, The Hague, 2007, p. 222, no. 7.16; and p. 214, no. 7.09 for another example of differing form but bearing very similar putti and flower decoration.
A comparable tulip vase from the Dr. Gunther Grethe collection is illustrated in the catalogue Dutch Delftware the Dr. Gunther Grethe collection.
R.D. Aronson, Amsterdam 2004. Aronson attributed their vase to the grieksche A factory
A comparable tulip vase from the Dr. Gunther Grethe collection is illustrated in the catalogue Dutch Delftware the Dr. Gunther Grethe collection.
R.D. Aronson, Amsterdam 2004. Aronson attributed their vase to the grieksche A factory