Lot 54
  • 54

Firmament, a Rozenburg earthenware 'Turban' covered vase designed by Theodoor Colenbrander, painted by W. Abspoel 1891

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • painted factory mark, date code, painter's monogram, title and no. 699, remains of paper ticket, inside cover with title
  • height 45, 5 cm, a crack
painted with an expressive pattern of stars and abstract linear motifs in shades of blue, yellow, green and brown on a cream ground

Literature

Cf. Boymans ceramics catalogue p. 92 for a pair of this model with pattern entitled 'Maneschijn' (Moonshine) dated 1890, by the same painter

Condition

Very small chip undern baserim (shallow, diam. ca 3mm), small firing crack to rim
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