RARE DUTCH DELFT BLUE & WHITE MAIOLICA SYRUP JAR (WET DRUG JAR) C.1675
"A very rare blue and white Dutch maiolica syrup jar with delicate rope twist loop to spout and lip of jar. The Ming-style decoration, in two shades of blue, imitates earlier Dutch imports of Chinese Ming style decorative porcelain. This fabulous syrup jar shape borrows directly from the work and influence of late 15th and early 16th century Italian maiolica potters - notably from Faenza near Florence. This distinctive style and decoration of Delft syrup jar appears unrecorded in any literature." Antiques Expert Hamilton Bear.
 
References: Italian potters migrated to the Low Countries in the first half of the 16th century and continued to pot familiar shapes and styles. At Antwerp syrup jars of this shape have been recorded produced by Italian potters. Occupation by the Duke of Parma in 1585 caused further relocation by these potters and their descendants further north. The Italian potting tradition; exported in stages to the town of Delft and elsewhere in northern Holland; came under the influence of new decorative patterns from Chinese imports. Both shape of this syrup jar and its decoration are the product of this complex evolution: at the juncture of three important but entirely different cultures.
Dimensions: height 160 mm max.
Marks: none.
Condition: In very good general condition. There are typical minor chips, flaking, fritting to rim and edge of handle. Soft chips and fritting to end of spout. Large flat chip to base at foot (illustrated). No restoration.
 
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£850.00