A DUTCH DELFT DORE POLYCHROME INK STAND

CIRCA 1750-1775

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A DUTCH DELFT DORE POLYCHROME INK STAND
CIRCA 1750-1775
Of serpentine rectangular form, the top with models of quail flanking a taper-stick holder, the cover finial as a Chinoiserie figure in a blue kimono enriched in gilt reclining, his right elbow on a book, the hand supporting his head, painted in the petit feu palette, the cover surface and front with landscapes, the back and side with flowers, the interior fitted with two double wells and a double sander, each removable
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) (5)

Provenance

With Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam.

Literature

Aronson Antiquairs, Dutch Delftware, Exhibition Catalogue, Amsterdam, 2000-2001, ill. 47.

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Lot Essay

For another of similar form and decoration in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the taper-stick replaced with a watch stand, see D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Delft, Niederländische Fayence, Munich, 1984, p. 234, no. 144.

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