Vase
(c. 1700)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
30.4 × 16.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The seventeenth-century European demand for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain rapidly outstripped the supply of ceramics arriving via sea from Asia. The northern European pottery industries responded by introducing imitations of Chinese porcelains in tin-glazed earthenware. The earthenware factories in the Dutch town of Delft quickly established themselves as the leaders in production of these imitations; hence the name ‘delftware’ given to these ceramics. While the double-gourd form of this Dutch vase imitates a Chinese model, the decoration blends elements both from the style of late Ming Transitional porcelains and Japanese copies of these Chinese wares.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Delft, Holland, the Netherlands
Accession Number
4456-D3
Department
International Decorative Arts