Glazed Ceramics

Blue and yellow bowl with putto Delft, circa 1690. The wide and flat bowl has a turned rim and is painted in blue with yellow accents. A dancin...

Lobed dish with purple and yellow chinoiserie landscape Delft, 1680-1700 Dimensions: diameter 22 cm / 8.66 in. The lobed dish is composed of ...

Large Blue and white charger with landscape The Netherlands, circa 1660 The charger has a wide, spreading flange and is painted in b...

Purple and yellow chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1680-1700 Dimensions: diameter 34,5 cm / 13.58 in. The lobed dish is composed of eight wide l...

Polychrome lobed dish with peacock and tulips. Delft, circa 1690. Dimensions: diameter 33,5 cm / 13.18 in. The polychrome lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and ...

Purple and yellow chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1680-1690 Dimensions: diameter 34,5 cm / 13.58 in. The lobed dish is composed of eight wide lobes and...

Blue and white lobed dish with shepherd. Northern Netherlands, 1650-1680. Dimensions: diameter 33,5 cm / 13.18 in. The blue and white dish is composed of twenty-seven double lo...

Polychrome chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1680-1690 The lobed dish is composed of nine wide lobes around a nine-fold centre and is painted with a chinoiserie decor in purple, yellow and green. Two Chinese figures in an eastern landscape are depicted in the centre, one of them carries a banner. The landscape is framed within lines and a white band. The border is decorated with a continuous landscape with two reclining and two standing Chinese figures. A lobed dish of the same shape and design in purple, blue and green is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts holds a variant in blue and yellow. In the same museum are three lobed dishes, each with twenty-seven double lobes with chinoiserie landscapes in the same colour scheme of purple, yellow and green. In the second half of the seventeenth century many lobed dishes were painted with Chinese motifs, mostly landscapes with Chinese figures. The vast majority are in blue. Two- or multi-coloured chinoiserie decorations were very fashionable during a short period of time, predominantly in the 1680s. In addition to lobed dishes, they also appear on wine jugs, beer mugs, butter pots, covered spiced-wine bowls and dishes. Some of this Delftware is still wrongly attributed to a factory in the German town of Frankfurt, and sometimes it is even considered to be English. An excavated chinoiserie butter pot in purple, green and yellow, found in a cesspit in the grounds of the Porcelain Bottle factory, proves otherwise. A beer mug with the portrait of the Dutch prince Willem III...

The polychrome wine jug has an ovoid body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with a scroll finish. The jug is painted in purple, yellow and green with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments and circles is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two stylized flowers and scroll ornaments. The handle is decorated with stripes and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 19 cm / 7.48 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...

Purple and yellow chinoiserie wine jug. Delft, circa 1680 The ovoid wine jug stands on a low spreading foot, has a conical neck with spout and a pewter mount and cover. The ear-shaped handle has a rat tail finish. The jug is painted in purple and yellow with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two types of stylized leaves. Another band with block ornaments is painted above the foot. The handle is decorated with stripes, dots and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 22 cm / 8.66 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...

Polychrome chinoiserie wine jug. Delft, circa 1680 The polychrome wine jug has an ovoid and turned body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with a scroll finish. The jug is painted in blue, purple and green with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. Bands with rectangular ornaments between double circles are applied on the shoulder and just above the foot. The neck is painted with a double leaf motif. The handle is decorated with stripes and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 23 cm / 9.05 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...

An Italian Baroque Castelli albarllo, also known as a pharmacy or drug jar. It held 'Benedict Laxat' listed as far back as Aristotle as a medication used in by midwives. Beautifully decorated with buildings in landscapes in the free, almost impressionistic style typical of Castelli Maiolica...

A fine example of a German Baroque tobacco jar with original pewter lid. The rich ocher salt glaze decorated with raised floral motifs. A handsome addition for the collector of pipes...

Polychrome lobed dish with horseman. Delft, 1690-1700. Dimensions: diameter 33,8 cm / 13 in. The lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and is painted in polychrome with a central motif of a horseman. The border is decorated with a continuous frieze of simplified flowers and tulips. The horseman is standing on a green ground between two trees. This type of decoration harks back to maiolica plates...