A Dutch Delft blue and white chinoiserie ginger jar and cover

CIRCA 1700, MARKED FOR GERRIT PIETERSZOON KAM AT DE DRIE VERGULDE ASTONNEKENS

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A Dutch Delft blue and white chinoiserie ginger jar and cover
Circa 1700, marked for Gerrit Pieterszoon Kam at De Drie Vergulde Astonnekens
(Gembervaas) the ovoid vase decorated with panels depicting slender ladies (lange lijzen) at various pursuits on terrraces alternating floral panels enclosing an ogival cartouche depicting an Oriental near a tea kettle, the shoulders with floral medallions, the flat cover with upright sides decorated en suite
29.5cm. (11 3/4 in.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Delft (München 1984), p. 247, ill. 279 for a calabash vase by Gerrit Kam with similar decoration

See illustration on page 63

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