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A DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME MODEL OF A SQUIRREL EATING A NUT
Lot 153 ESTATE OF ALBERT AND LEONIE VAN DAALEN, SWITZERLAND (LOTS 153-163)

A DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME MODEL OF A SQUIRREL EATING A NUT

CIRCA 1720, MARKED IG 4 IN IRON-RED FOR THE PAINTER JOHANNES GAAL

Closed11 September 2019

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GBP 13,750

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A DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME MODEL OF A SQUIRREL EATING A NUT
CIRCA 1720, MARKED IG 4 IN IRON-RED FOR THE PAINTER JOHANNES GAAL
With bushy tail, standing on a green naturalistic base
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high

The Alfred Boreel Collection; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 16-17 June 1908, lot 229.
The Madame C. Alberge-Looman Collection, The Hague; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 9-12 November 1954, lot 239.
The Ivan B. Hart Collection, Monte Carlo, no. 210.
Aronson Antiquairs, TEFAF Maastricht, April 2013.

Specialist note

Jan Gaal became the Master of the De Twee Scheepjes pottery in 1707, and worked there until his death in 1725.