A MAMMOTH DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE BOWL, the inside decorated with a huge foliated chrysanthemum branch issuing from a pond, a large turkey-type bird perched on a fence to the back, with further birds and insects, the border with taoist symbols, the outside with two bands of Persian-style pointed cartouches decorated allover with flowers and leaves, the borders with trelliswork alternating with floral panels, marked CK probably for Cornelis Keiser de twee scheepjes. late 17th Century

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A MAMMOTH DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE BOWL, the inside decorated with a huge foliated chrysanthemum branch issuing from a pond, a large turkey-type bird perched on a fence to the back, with further birds and insects, the border with taoist symbols, the outside with two bands of Persian-style pointed cartouches decorated allover with flowers and leaves, the borders with trelliswork alternating with floral panels, marked CK probably for Cornelis Keiser de twee scheepjes. late 17th Century
51 cm diam., 25 cm high

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This mark also on a Delft K'ang Hsi type blue and white vase in F.W. Hudig, Delft Fayence, fig. 183

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