PALMZONDAG, A PAIR OF GLAZED POTTERY VASES AND COVERS

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Christiaan Johannes van der Hoef for Amphora, circa 1910
PALMZONDAG, A PAIR OF GLAZED POTTERY VASES AND COVERS
Amphora-shaped, polychrome decoration with a continuous band of a Palm Sunday procession, black cocks, stylised owls and geometrical motifs, the cover finials shaped like female figures holding hens
87 cm. high each
One marked Amphora Holland 269-1 Ontw. C.J. vd. Hoef G.V.; the other marked Amphora Holland Ontw. C.J. vd Hoef 269-1 VA (2)

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Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

For comparison see:
L.F. Jintes and J.T. Pol-Tyszkiewicz, Chris van der Hoef, 1875-1933, Assen, 1994, p. 69, ill. 106 for an identical vase now in the collection of the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden
Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (VANK), Algemeene en internationale tentoonstelling Brussel 1910, 1910, p. 40 for an identical vase shown in the Brussels 1910 Exhibition

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