Dutch 18th Century, Sign by IVK Blue and White Delft Faience Pair of Gourd-Shaped Vases
An elegant et decorative Delft faience Blue and White pair of gourd-shaped vases, decorated with Romantic Scenes and Landscapes, opaque tin glazes that made in Delft 18th century.
Our pair of vases are in fine original condition little scratches are to be reported, and signed IVK in blue color in the bottom, for J F Van Kessel. Each marked on the bottom in blue, IVK, mark of the Manufacture of the three barrels of ashes.
These vases moved closer to a pair of covered jars kept at the Philadelphia Museum of the Arts.
In fine condition little scratches to be reported.
Measurements: H 15.15 In. - D 7.08 In.
The Dutch term for this shape of exotic vases resembling seventeenth-century Persian flasks is Knobbelvaas or Knobby vase. This type of jar was produced by several potteries in a variety of sizes and painted in either blue and white or polychrome.
Imported Chinese and Japanese porcelain was greatly sought after in the Netherlands and strongly influenced the decoration of ceramics by Delft potteries.
When the civil war in China from 1644 to 1647 brought imports to a halt, the Dutch East India Company began to transport wares from Japan to fill the demand. Inspired by imports, J F Van Kessel in Delft made these pair of Gourd-Shaped earthenware Vases decorated in the Imari style of Chinese porcelain.
