Delft, Blue and White Chinoiserie Tureen Delft, Circa 1750 Mark: Dm

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Blue and white chinoiserie tureen Delft, circa 1750
Mark: DM

The blue and white oval-shaped tureen has a curved body … more Blue and white chinoiserie tureen Delft, circa 1750
Mark: DM

The blue and white oval-shaped tureen has a curved body on a spreading foot and two blue-coloured foliate loop handles. The knob on the cover is modelled as a flower with four leaves. The tureen and cover are painted on either side with a Chinese lady in a garden-like landscape with rocks and flowers. She holds a flowerpot in her arms and stands in front of a low fence. The depictions on the tureen are horizontally framed by bands of diamond and oval-shaped ornaments. Another band with diamond-shaped ornaments is applied just under the rim. The DM signature has not yet been identified.

Dimensions: length 31 cm / 12.20 in., width 23 cm / 9.05 in., height 27 cm / 10.62 in.
Condition: rim chips to tureen and cover, knob restored, tip of one leaf missing.

A smaller, similar tureen with a polychrome floral decor is illustrated in Aronson (p. 59). A larger example with the same flower-shaped knob with four leaves on the cover is in the collection of the National Museum of Ceramics in Sèvres, France (Lahaussois 1998, pp. 176-177, nr. 163). It was made in the Porcelain Axe pottery. less