Terms and conditions of use
Lidded baluster vase
(c. 1700)
Medium
earthenware (tin-glazed)
Measurements
(c-d) 87.0 × 43.0 × 43.5 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Yvonne Pettengell Bequest, 2014
Gallery location
17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
During the last decades of the seventeenth century the technical and artistic bravura of the leading Delft potteries reached its height. The production of these exceptionally large lidded vases would have stretched the technical abilities of the factory to their limit. The vases were made for display, as symbols of wealth and prestige, and would most likely have sat on a table, on top of a cupboard or on columns flanking a doorway. Such vases were produced for export to other European courts, particularly that of William III and Queen Mary II, under whose patronage the Delft factories flourished.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
the Netherlands
Inscription
(c) painted in blue on base c.: LVE (monogram) / 21 / 4
Accession Number
2014.289.c-d
Department
International Decorative Arts
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