Live Auction 21109The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland
A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME MODELS OF SHOES
Lot 155

A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME MODELS OF SHOES

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Closed19 October 2023

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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME MODELS OF SHOES
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each slipper with yellow heel and pointed toe, painted with yellow, blue, and manganese flower blossoms and white scrolling foliage on a red ground, applied on the front with a red-striped yellow bow and tongue
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long

The Tumin Collection, Paris (with original label).
The Collection of the Late Count and Countess Guy Du Boisrouvray; Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1989, lot 286.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

A similar pair of shoes are illustrated in Dr. C. H. de Jonge, Oud-Nederlandsche Majolica en Delftsch Aardewerk, Utrecht, 1947, p. 236, pl. 204.