A Dutch Delft blue and white Chinoiserie tulipière
Lot 342

A Dutch Delft blue and white Chinoiserie tulipière

18TH CENTURY

Closed1 July 2010

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EUR 18,125

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A Dutch Delft blue and white Chinoiserie tulipière
18th Century
The lower section on lobed hexagonal bulbous foot, rising towards a globular body moulded with animal-mask handles and six spouts, painted all-over with shaped panels including flowers on a blue ground, the shoulder reserved with a band of ruyi, surmounted by a tall tapering cover surrounded by another six spouts, painted with fish and further shaped panels of flowers, chips and frits, restoration to tip
47.5 cm. high

From a private collection.

Specialist note

A pair of tulipières of similar shape but applied with dragon-handles and different decoration is illustrated in Dave and Robert Aronson, Dutch Delftware- The Dr. Günther Grethe Collection, Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 76-77.