A blue and white Dutch Delft obelisk, late 17th C.

H.: 35,5 cm

Marked AK on the base for Adrianus Kocx, the 'De Grieksche A' workshop, Delft, 1687-1701.

Provenance:
- An important Belgian private collection. 
- Acquired from Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2009 and with a label to the base. (See catalogue scan and text below)

A blue and white Dutch Delft obelisk, ca. 1690-1700
Marked AK in blue for Adrianus Kocx, the owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) Factory from 1686 until 1701
Painted on the tapering square upper section and the flaring square foot with a ground of floral and foliate sprigs, blossoms, oeils-de-perdrix and dots, the bell-shaped final with icicle and trefoil devices, and the central section molded on each side with a deep scallop shell flanked on the corners by foliate scrolls echoing those painted on the corners of the foot.
Height: 35.5 cm. (14 in.)
Similar examples:
Similar AK-marked obelisks of this size include one decorated with a similar pattero, illustrated in Aronson 2005, p. 16, no. 13; another also with a floral pattern in the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, illustrated in Helbig 1, p. 111, ill. 77; a pair illustrated in De Jonge 1947, p. 233, ill. 200; and a chinoiserie pair from Palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, illustrated in Erkelens 1996, p. 127, no. 29. Another AK-marked obelisk of larger size (49 cm. [19 5/16 in.] high), decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage, is illustrated in Aronson 2004, p. 76, no. 90; and an example (48.5 cm. [19 1/8 in.] high), marked for Lambertus van Eenhoorn at The Metale Pot (The Metal Pot) Factory, and decorated with 'Flora,' in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, is illustrated in Van Dam 2004, p. 99, ill. 53.

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(UV-checked)
- Overall in good condition, with some typical small areas of glaze loss.
- The tip has been restored, with related overpainting.
- Two of the four corners, between the shells, have minor touch-ups.
- A small touch-up, located at the rim of a shell.

Geschat: € 6000 - € 12000