Lot Essay
Cf. Musées Royaux D'Art et D'Histoire Bruxelles 'Faïences Hollandaises' exhibition catalogue (n.d.), Vol. I, p. 104, where this mark is attributed to Cornelis Aelbrechtsz Keyser (d. 1688).
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CIRCA 1680, YELLOW MONOGRAM AND II MARK ATTRIBUTED TO THE ARTIST CORNELIS AELBRECHTSZ KEYSER OF THE 'DE TWEE SCHEEPJES' FACTORY
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A Dutch Delft baluster vase
Circa 1680, yellow monogram and II mark attributed to the artist Cornelis Aelbrechtsz Keyser of the 'De Twee Scheepjes' factory
The ground slip-decorated with a brown ground simulating lacquer, painted in yellow with exotic birds in flight above two Orientals on a fenced terrace with trees and flowering shrubs issuing from rocks, the lady standing and holding a fan in her left hand, the gentleman seated by a baroque table and drinking tea from a teabowl, between double concentric circle borders, the short neck with key pattern (some minor small areas of overpainting to disguise fritting and flaking to rim and footrim, slight scratches to surface)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Circa 1680, yellow monogram and II mark attributed to the artist Cornelis Aelbrechtsz Keyser of the 'De Twee Scheepjes' factory
The ground slip-decorated with a brown ground simulating lacquer, painted in yellow with exotic birds in flight above two Orientals on a fenced terrace with trees and flowering shrubs issuing from rocks, the lady standing and holding a fan in her left hand, the gentleman seated by a baroque table and drinking tea from a teabowl, between double concentric circle borders, the short neck with key pattern (some minor small areas of overpainting to disguise fritting and flaking to rim and footrim, slight scratches to surface)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
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