D2409. Blue and White Bowl and Cover Flower Vase

Delft, circa 1690

Marked AK in blue for Adrianus Kocx, owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory from 1686 to 1701

The bowl of scalloped and barbed quatrefoil shape, affixed at the ends with blue openmouthed dragon or phoenix head handles, the lobes painted on the front and reverse with birds perched among peonies, foliate and rock work, the barbs with a blue ground decorated with flowerheads and scrollwork, the conformingly-shaped domed foot similarly decorated with foliate and scrollwork, above a dentil band around the foot rim; the low domed cover rim with a blue ground motif border of floral scrollwork interrupted by eight gu-form spouts decorated on the front with a stylized floral motif and on the reverse with four dots, the center with a trellis diaper work reserved with four blue-edged oval panels with a budding plant encircling a hexafoil bottle-shaped vase decorated with lappets with floral scrollwork, and issuing from each of the six lobes a slightly flaring cylindrical spout painted on the front with a budding plant, and again at the reverse with four dots, the knopped neck with six floral scroll devices.

DIMENSIONS
Height: 32.2 cm. (12.7 in.)

PROVENANCE
Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan, through 2020