Lot Essay
See M.S. van Aken-Fehmers (a.o.), Delfts aardewerk, geschiedenis van een nationaal product, 1999, p. 106 cat.no.16 and ill.p.77 for a comparable pair in the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague.
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1686-1701, ADRIAENUS KOCKS MARK, DE GRIEKSCHE A
Details
A Dutch Delft blue and white chinoiserie two-handled 'Tulipière' or flower vase and cover
1686-1701, ADRIAENUS KOCKS MARK, DE GRIEKSCHE A
The panelled quatrefoil lower body painted with various perched birds amidst flower branches, alternating blue-ground panels reserved with stylised flowers, with griffin-head handles, the foot of similar shape and pattern, the tiered cover with eight spouts on the shoulder and six to the onion-shaped top section surmounted by a central nozzle, the blue ground reserved with stylised flowers, scrolls and ruyi motifs, circular cartouches with pseudo-Chinese ideograms to the shoulder, the top spouts alternating lappets with similar pattern (overall usual glaze chips, one spout with restuck top)
28 cm. wide (2)
1686-1701, ADRIAENUS KOCKS MARK, DE GRIEKSCHE A
The panelled quatrefoil lower body painted with various perched birds amidst flower branches, alternating blue-ground panels reserved with stylised flowers, with griffin-head handles, the foot of similar shape and pattern, the tiered cover with eight spouts on the shoulder and six to the onion-shaped top section surmounted by a central nozzle, the blue ground reserved with stylised flowers, scrolls and ruyi motifs, circular cartouches with pseudo-Chinese ideograms to the shoulder, the top spouts alternating lappets with similar pattern (overall usual glaze chips, one spout with restuck top)
28 cm. wide (2)
Provenance
With Stodel Antiqairs, Amsterdam, inv.no. BD126.
The present owner.
The present owner.
Special notice
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