Bottle
1686-1701 (made)
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Chinese blue and white porcelain became immensely fashionable in 17th-century Holland as the Dutch East India Company, established in 1602, began to import this exotic product by the shipload.
The potters of Delft changed their style and the quality of their product in order to compete with Chinese porcelain. Decorations in Chinese style were applied in cobalt blue on the finest white tin-glaze ground. In order to achieve a sheen akin to that of Chinese porcelain, Delft potters sprinkled a layer of lead-glaze onto their unfired, decorated pots. In firing, this changed into a transparent and highly glossy cover glaze or 'kwaart'.
The potters of Delft changed their style and the quality of their product in order to compete with Chinese porcelain. Decorations in Chinese style were applied in cobalt blue on the finest white tin-glaze ground. In order to achieve a sheen akin to that of Chinese porcelain, Delft potters sprinkled a layer of lead-glaze onto their unfired, decorated pots. In firing, this changed into a transparent and highly glossy cover glaze or 'kwaart'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration |
| Brief description | Double-gourd bottle, tin-glazed earthenware painted with Chinese style floral decoration in blue, made at the factory "De Grieksche A", Delft, 1686-1701 |
| Physical description | Bottle, gourd shape, Chinese style floral decoration. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'AK' over 'VI.II' (Painted in blue) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | Made at the factory "De Grieksche A" under the ownership of Adrianus Kocx. One of a pair with C. 2369-1910. |
| Summary | Chinese blue and white porcelain became immensely fashionable in 17th-century Holland as the Dutch East India Company, established in 1602, began to import this exotic product by the shipload. The potters of Delft changed their style and the quality of their product in order to compete with Chinese porcelain. Decorations in Chinese style were applied in cobalt blue on the finest white tin-glaze ground. In order to achieve a sheen akin to that of Chinese porcelain, Delft potters sprinkled a layer of lead-glaze onto their unfired, decorated pots. In firing, this changed into a transparent and highly glossy cover glaze or 'kwaart'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Two almost identical vases with the same mark were at Aronson Antiquairs at Tefaf 2019. See: D. Aronson et al, Delftware: Inspiring Heritage: a Dutch private collection and other recent acquisitions, Amsterdam 2019, cat. 11, pp. 24-25 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2370-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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