1701-1722, THREE VASES WITH RED APK MARK FOR PIETER KOCX, DE GRIEKSCHE A

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A Delft doré chinoiserie five-piece large garniture
1701-1722, THREE VASES WITH RED APK MARK FOR PIETER KOCX, DE GRIEKSCHE A
Inspired by Famille Verte and Imari examples, painted with a mixed technique blue-dotted-scales-ground with butterflies, chrysanthemum heads and leaves, reserved with shaped panels with cornucopiae issuing blooming chrysanthemum branches, one with a dragonfly, alternating ogival cartouches with a blue tiger, the shoulder with oval floral cartouches alternating foliate honeycomb motifs, and a band of red-ground scrolling foliage, the neck with branches, the flaring rim with fishbone motifs, the tapering foot with zig zag motifs reserved with a semi-flowerhead, the domed covers with large pointed knob finial, comprising: three balustroid vases and covers, 46.8 cm. high, a pair of Gu-shaped beaker vases, 32.2 cm. high (one cover and one beaker vase with a repaired fragment, overall with some chips) (8)

Provenance

Collection of Chevalier Albert van Havre (1842-1904), Antwerp.
Collection of Baroness Inès van Ertborn (1846-1925), Kasteel Belvédère, Wijnegem (Antwerp).
By descent to the present owners.

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Lot Essay

The desire for decorating rooms with Oriental porcelain and Delftware reached fantastic proportions in Europe around 1700. In design prints of the period sets of five or more vases and jars are placed on chimney-pieces or in hearths, in wall arrangements, and on cupboards.
The decoration of this garniture has been cross-influenced by Famille Verte, Imari and European inspirational sources.
The elaborate scale-pattern and the butterflies etc. are indebted to Famille Verte examples, while the dark blue, the heavy gilding, the floral panels and the tiger etc. are indebted to Imari examples.
Ornamental motifs such as the honeycomb pattern are European in origin. The De Grieksche A factory was specialised in Imari Delftware. From surviving contracts this factory is known to have employed four specialist gold painters.
See J.D. van Dam, Delffse Porceleyne, Zwolle, 2004, p. 128 ill. 79 for a related vase with similar finial, tiger and red-ground foliate bands and M. van Aken-Fehmers, Delfts Aardewerk, Volume I, Zwolle, 1999, p. 131 ill. 38 for a related vase of similar form.

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