Lot 124
  • 124

A rare small Dutch Delft doré puzzle jug

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pottery, Delft
  • 15cm., 5 7/8 in. high
of baluster form with three spouts at the rim, the blue washed neck pierced with flower and half-flower heads, painted in Japanese Imari style with three dancing boys, or zotje holding flower branches, flanked on either side by a trailing branch with flowering orchids, with a lambrequin border at the foot,

Provenance

The Dr. Günther Grethe collection, Hamburg (paper label);
With Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam;
The collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III (paper label), Christie's New York, 26th January 2010, lot 275.

Literature

Dave and Robert Aronson, Dutch Delftware: The Dr. Günther Grethe Collection and Other Acquisitions, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 119, no. 137.

Condition

Some restoration to handle. Minor restoration to one of the spouts. Shallow chip to a red petal of one flower in the pierced decoration. Some wear to the gilding.
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