JVV 0556
Delft, 1680-1685
The purple wine jug with green accents has an ovoid body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with scroll finish. The jug is painted with oriental landscapes, floral and leafy branches and line-shaped scroll ornaments, all reserved on a purple-painted ground. On the sides a meandering cartouche is reserved, and filled with a seated Chinese figure in an oriental landscape. Two smaller cartouches are on either side of the neck. Below the spout is a small and a large cartouche, both filled with scroll ornaments. A second large cartouche with scroll ornaments is reserved below the handle. A large and two smaller flower sprigs are painted on the front and sides of the jug, respectively. The handle is decorated with leaves. A band of large and smaller pointed leaves is painted above the foot.
Dimensions: height 23 cm / 9.05 in.
Explanatory note
Polychrome chinoiserie decors on wine jugs cover the entire body of the jug, and in the case of beer mugs often the entire object is covered. The decoration with chinoiserie landscapes in cartouches, floral and foliate branches and scroll ornaments on a purple-painted ground on this wine jug is exceptional and has not been documented before.
