A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT 'IW' BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE GOURD VASES (Kalebasvaasjes), workshop of Hoppesteyn, the globular body painted with slender chinese ladies in chinese gardens within three cartouches divided by bands of rosettes, the shoulders with diaperwork reserved with three roundels containing a flowerhead, the long narrow neck with acorn-shape lower part, decorated allover with scrolls and flowerbranches (one with neck restored), marked IW above PG and n5, circa 1700

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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT 'IW' BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE GOURD VASES (Kalebasvaasjes), workshop of Hoppesteyn, the globular body painted with slender chinese ladies in chinese gardens within three cartouches divided by bands of rosettes, the shoulders with diaperwork reserved with three roundels containing a flowerhead, the long narrow neck with acorn-shape lower part, decorated allover with scrolls and flowerbranches (one with neck restored), marked IW above PG and n5, circa 1700
24.5 cm high (2)

Lot Essay

cf. Jkvr. C.H. de Jonge, Delftsch aardewerk, p. 212-217 for a discussion about the IW monogram. She attributes several of the IW-marked objects to the Hoppesteyn-workshop but not to the great master (Hoppesteyn) himself.

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