Lot 1005. A Dutch Delft Blue and White Flower Vase and Cover, Circa 1686-1701; height 29.2 cm. Lot Sold 45,600 USD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD).  © Sotheby's.

of quatrefoil scalloped and barbed shape, affixed at either side with dragon or phoenix head handles, painted with panels of birds perched among peonies, foliate and rock work, alternated by blue ground diaper reserving flowerheads, the domed foot with similar bird and foliate panels separated by stiff leaf, the domed cover with eight gu-form spouts against blue ground motif border of floral scrollwork, the center affixed with a hexafoil bottle-shaped vase decorated with blue lappets and floral scrollwork, issuing six further spouts, AK mark in blue for Adrianus Kocx, owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory from 1686 to 1701.

Provenance: A Belgian Private Collection;
Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, bearing label.

Note: A close example of this form is in the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, inv. no. A2807 a-b.1 (fig.1). Van Aken-Fehmers has identified fourteen covered vases of this form, and illustrates eight of them, pp. 150-154, cat. nos. 3.03-3.08. Those identified include a pair in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, obj. no. 0401074 (fig. 2); a single vase in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, obj. no. C.2607 A-1928 (fig.3) and another in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, inv. no. 10315. A vase of this form from the Property of Christopher Hussey, Esq., sold, Sotheby's London, 25 June 1968, lot 1 (fig. 4). All examples are marked for the Greek A factory, with the exception of one marked for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, owner of De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) factory in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, obj. no. BK-NM-13313 (fig. 5).

1 Illustrated in M. S. van Aken-Fehmers, Delfts aardewerk: Geschiedenis van een national product, Deel IV, Vazen met tuiten, The Hague, 2007, p. 153, no. 3.07.

fig. 1. Tulip vase, Producer: De Grieksche A, Designer: Pieter Adriaensz. Kocx, 17th century. Height 29,2 cm; Width 26,7 cm; Depth 16,7 cm. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, inv. no. A2807 a-b.

fig. 2. Set of bowl-shaped flowerholders, Delft, c. 1695, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, obj. no. 0401074

fig. 3. Flower vase, Delft ware, Factory: The Greek A Factory. Proprietor: Kocks, Adriaen, Circa 1686 - 1701. Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Height: 27 cm. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, obj. no. C.2607 A-1928

fig. 4. Flower vase from the Property of Christopher Hussey, Esq., sold, Sotheby's London, 25 June 1968, lot 1.

fig. 4. Flower holder, De Metaale Pot, c. 1690 - c. 1720; h 30.3cm × w 29.5cm × d 22cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, obj. no. BK-NM-13313

Lot 1006. A Pair of Dutch Delft Blue and White Sectional Flower Vases, Circa 1700; height 44.1cm. Lot Sold 45,600 USD (Estimate 30,000 - 40,000 USD).  © Sotheby's.

each formed of two sections, the top section in the shape of a three tiered pyramidal obelisk, affixed with four spouts, painted with stylized leaves and various borders, the base section of heart shape supporting a further section of four spouts, painted on either side with various birds amongst shrubbery and flowers issuing from pierced rockwork, affixed with four spouts at the shoulder, and by salamander-type creatures at the sides, on a rectangular foot, LVE over numerals 2 and 4 marks in blue for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, owner of De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) factory from 1691 until 1721, or his widow Margaretha Teckmann until 1724;

Provenance: Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, 1998, bearing labels;
Swiss Private Collection, Basel;
Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, bearing labels.

Note: Surviving examples of this rare form include a four-tiered polychrome example, marked for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, obj. no. C.2615-1928 (fig. 1). A similar pair, also marked for van Eenhoorn, was sold at Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 25 February 1969; and a further single example is illustrated in Marion S. van Aken-Fehmers' Delfts aardewerk.¹ The only known pair marked for Adrianus Kocx, owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory is with Aronson Delftware, Amsterdam, obj. no. D2206.

¹ Delfts aardewerk: Geschiedenis van een national product, Deel IV, Vazen met tuiten, The Hague, 2007, p. 194, no. 5.14.

Fig. 1: Delftware Flower Vase, Lambertus Van Eenhoorn, De Metaale Pot Factory, Circa 1700-1710. Delft, United Provinces of the Netherlands. C.2615-1928. Photograph © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Lot 1010. A Dutch Delft Blue and White Five Vases Garniture, Circa 1720; height 29.2 cm; 32.4 cm. Lot Sold 10,800 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD).  © Sotheby's.

of almost square section with chamfered corners, comprising two beaker vases with flaring necks and three baluster vases and domed covers with mythical beast knops, painted with panels of a boy and a ‘Long Eliza’ holding a fan, standing in a fenced garden, the reverse with a ‘Long Eliza’ holding a fan and looking toward a jardiniere of peonies on a table, the sides with two Chinoiserie figures in a landscape with a pagoda, separated by bands of flowering vine motif, the shoulder with lappets on a scale-ground, IKW marks in blue probably for Willem Jacobusz van der Kool, owner of De 3 Porceleyne Flessen (The Three Porcelain Bottles) factory from 1700 to 1716, or his wife Anna Maria Van der Kool-Schrevelius, who operated the factory subsequently until 1745. 8 pieces.

Provenance: Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, bearing label

Sotheby's. Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection​​​​​​​, New York, 18 June 2024