Sypesteyn Castle, Loosdrecht, The Netherlands
Castle Sypesteyn was built by Sir Henry van Sypesteyn (1857-1937) on old foundations in Loosdrecht during the early twentieth century. Surrounded by canals and a beautiful garden, the sumptuous castle…
Pair of Miniature Blue and White Bottle Vases
Every month we present you a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month, we would like to show you this pair of miniature blue and white bottle vases from…
The Rococo Fever
The exorbitantly decorative rococo style of architecture and interiors swept through Europe in the eighteenth century. The style began in France during the reign of Louis XV, and quickly spread…
•D2090. Blue and White Fan-Shaped Flower Vase
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D1807. Blue and White Biblical Charger
Delft, circa 1660
Painted in the center with the story of the liberation of Saint Peter, which depicts an angel rescuing Saint Peter with an aureole, standing on a tile floor in front of an arched gate and underneath a chandelier, all within a roundel of a concentric line, the reverse lead-glazed.
Dimensions
Diameter: 36 cm. (14.2 in.)
D1003. Blue and White Figure of a Chinese Lady
Delft, circa 1705
Marked LVE 4 in blue for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, the owner of De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) factory from 1691 until 1721, or his widow Margaretha Teckmann from 1721 to 1724
Wearing a tall hat and a flower-patterned robe, holding a fly whisk in her right hand and standing on a demiluneshaped rocky base.
Dimensions
Height: 15.2 cm. (6 in.)
Provenance
Dutch Private Collection, Eindhoven
D1912. Pair of Blue and White Miniature Bottle Vases
Delft, circa 1700
Each painted around the teardrop-shaped body with a bird perched on a rock flanked by two fruiting sprigs on the front, a vertical fruiting sprig on the reverse.
Dimensions Height: both 6 cm. (2.4 in.)
Blue and White Dragon Pattern Jar
Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this blue and white covered ovoid jar painted boldly around the…
D1010. Polychrome Small Figure of an Asian Man
Delft, circa 1725
Wearing a yellow headdress, blue shoes and a coat with billowing sleeves over a green-sashed robe, all patterned with iron-red blossoms, scrolls and dots and shaded in blue, and modeled holding a blue beaker in his right hand, his left resting on his portly belly, and standing on a chamfered square base dashed in iron-red.
Dimensions
Height: 10.8 cm. (4 1/4 in.)
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