A rare Dutch Delft dish with an elephant and rider - image-1

Lot 737 Dα

A rare Dutch Delft dish with an elephant and rider

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Bid

A rare Dutch Delft dish with an elephant and rider

Faience dish painted in the centre with a scene of a mounted elephant and warriors in an exotic landscape. The border with alternating decor, tendrils and landscapes. Unmarked. A stapled crack at 1 o'clock, wear to the glaze of the rim. D 38.5 cm.
Delft, around 1670 - 90.

Provenance

The Dr Jürgen Baur Collection.

Literature

Cf. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, obj. no. BK-NM-4690.