18TH CENTURY

细节

A pair of Makkum Frisian floral blue and white tile pillars
18th Century
Depicting a twisted marbled column decorated in horror vacui, with flower-sprays and winged cherubs, above a rocaille scroll, the pediment with a seated lady and an anchor allegorical of Hope
1 x 13 tiles, 170cm. high (2)

注意事项

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品专文

In the 18th Century decorated tile pillars substituted the old fashioned sandstone Atlantes, which flanked the fireplaces in the 16th and 17th Century Dutch interior.

See illustration.