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Jug

1625-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Delft (made)

Jug with pewter lid and mount (probably not original) and painted with an oriental floral and bird pattern (Wanli style) in blue.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Delftware
Object type
Jug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Jug with pewter lid and mount, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in oriental style in blue, Delft, Netherlands, 1625-50
Physical description
Jug with pewter lid and mount (probably not original) and painted with an oriental floral and bird pattern (Wanli style) in blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.7cm
  • Diameter: 11.7cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Jug
made Delft, Netherlands 1630-60
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration

C.14-1931
Bibliographic references
  • Scholten. 1993. Cat. 96 to b, 98.
  • De Jonge. 1947. Fig.293.
  • Aronson, R.D, Dutch Delftware: including selections from the Collection of Dr. F.H. Fentener van Vlissingen and a rare group of I.W. Hoppesteyn marked objects. Amsterdam (Aronson Antiquairs) 2008. p. 6-7
  • Van Dam, J.D., 'Vroege faience uit Delft (1625-1655) en de invloed op Japans porselein (1660-1670) ', in: Mededelingenblad Nederlandse vereniging van vrienden van de ceramiek, 135 (1989) , pp. 4-18, fig.3,5,6,8,11and cover illustration
  • For a similar jug, see: D. Aronson et al, Delftware: Tangible Memories: The Mr. & Mrs. H.C. Bout collection, the Gaston de Ramaix collection and other recent acquisitions, Amsterdam 2018, cat. 8, p. 16, with further references
  • Illustrated in Connoisseur, CXLVII, 1961
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.14-1931

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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