Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE VERY LARGE SERPENT-HANDLED TULIPIERE SECTION AND COVER, CIRCA 1690
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE VERY LARGE SERPENT-HANDLED TULIPIERE SECTION AND COVER, CIRCA 1690
probably De Grieksche A (Greek A) factory, the bulbous baluster body painted with a scene on either side of putti at various pursuits underneath a large spray of flowers including tulips, chrysanthemum and roses, below a lambrequin border at the stepped shoulder below and further foliate bands, affixed at the shoulder with high loop handles molded as intertwined dotted serpents, the domed cover with seven nozzles
(overall) height 23 ⅝ in.
60 cm
Vandermersch, Paris, bearing label
A complete vase, marked AK for Adriaensz Kocx of De Grieksche A factory is in the Collection of the Dukes of Devonshire at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, illustrated in A.M.L.E. Erkelens, Queen Mary's 'Delft Porcelain', Palais Het Loo Nationaal Musum, p. 45. A vase of this form and scale painted with similar putti decoration was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 15 May 2002, lot 400. A second of the form painted with figures in gardens, with a tiered tulip section, but lacking a cover, was sold at in the same rooms, 2 May 2006, lot 134