EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MARKED IN YELLOW A:K ABOVE 3, MOST PROBABLY FOR PIETER ADRIAENSZOON KOCKS AT DE GRIEKSCHE A

細節

A rare Delft noir rectangular chinoiserie teacaddy and a silver cover
Early 18th century, marked in yellow A:K above 3, most probably for Pieter Adriaenszoon Kocks at De Grieksche A
The black-ground body painted in blue, red, green, yellow and white with a frontal oval medallion depicting an Oriental landscape, the reverse en suite with a garden, surrounded with foliage, the sides with birds perched on flowering branches issuing from blue rockwork, with upright circular neck, and a domed silver cover of later date
10cm high (without cover)

注意事項

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.

拍品專文

Cf. A. Vecht, Black Delft, in: catalogue Gemeente musea Amsterdam Willet Holthuysen cat.322, 24 nov. 1962-15 jan. 1963, for a discussion and an illustration of a similar teacaddy No.5 signed Louwys Victorszoon or Lambertus van Eenhoorn in the Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, in the same range of colours on black ground and with yellow mark.

"Black Delftware" is regarded as one of the finest products of the Delft faience industry. The decoration on a black ground must have been difficult technically and very expensive, hence only a small quantity of it was ever made. Oriental lacquer imported in Europe by the Dutch East India Company from around 1675 may have been the inspiration behind Delft noir.
Tea which was also expensive was often kept in luxurious teacaddies. Thus the shape of the teacaddy is derived from a precious silver prototype.

See illustration