JVV 0589
Delft, circa 1650 -1670
The deep dish has a narrow, flat flange and is painted with a floral still life in blue with yellow accents. A bottle vase with two tulips, a peony and leafy branches is in the centre. The bottle vase is decorated with a garland around the belly. Behind the vase are two pots filled with flowers and leafy branches. The right, baluster-shaped, pot is painted with a whimsical floral decoration, the left, spherical, pot with yellow circles in a cartouche. The vase and the pots are set on a ground with flowers. A bird, butterfly and insect fly in the air. The scene is framed in a double circle on the flange.
Dimensions: diameter 34 cm / 13.38 in.
Provenance: private collection Hessen, Germany
Similar examples
Variants of this still life decor are in the Terra Verde Collection (Natural Splendour 2, pp. 78-82, TVC 2322, TVC 2324). Another dish is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam (inv.no. A 4556).
Literature
J. Jongstra, L. Groen, A. van Hoesel, Natuurlijke Pracht 2. Een selectie van vormen uit vuur uit de Terra Verde Collectie, [Benthuizen] 2021
