Rare Dutch Delft Blue and White Flask By Adrianus Kocks

Ref: X853

£ 5,000

Price is subject to availability and market conditions.

Rare Dutch Delft blue and white flask by Adrianus Kocks, circa 1690-1701, decorated with a pair of perching birds and another beneath them amongst flowering garlands, all beneath a band of twisting Chinese dragons; with four rope twist moulded handles and a lion mask at either side, the base with an underglaze-blue AK mark for Adrianous Kocks of De Grieksche A factory, Marks on Dutch Delt SOLD

Dimensions:

Height: 31.4cm. (12in.)

Condition:

one handle broken and re-stuck, slight rubbing to lion masks.

Provenance:

Provenance: From the Gustav Leonhardt collection, property from the Bartolotti House, Amsterdam. Leonhardt (1928-2012) was a Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor who was a pioneer in the world of period instrument performance and research into Baroque performance styles. Bartolottie House is a seventeenth century canal residence on the Herengracht.