JVV 0529
Delft, circa 1700
The bowl stands on a foot, has a high, strongly cantilevered wall and is painted all round in blue depicting figures in a European mountain landscape with settlements. At a round table sits an elegant woman, her hair cut high and topped with a frontagne, an embellished fabric cap. She drinks a cup of coffee.
On the table is a tall, conical coffee pot. To the right stands a man smoking a long pipe. He is dressed in a long coat and wears a flat hat with a wide brim. A ship sails on a river among high rocks, watched by a traveller carrying a large, wicker basket on a stick over his right shoulder. He is dressed in a long coat and knee-length pants, wears a neckerchief and a hat. A stylized flower is painted on the bottom of the bowl on the inside.
Dimensions: height 17,2 cm / 6.77 in., diameter 26,3 cm / 10.35 in.
Explanatory note
Bowls with strongly cantilevered walls on narrow feet were frequently made between 1660 and 1680. This can be concluded from a group of dated bowls and excavated bowl fragments. These bowls are painted with a chinoiserie decoration inspired by Chinese porcelain from the transitional period of the Ming to the Qing dynasty. Bowls with European decors, such as landscapes, flowers or parsley-like ornamental decor, are of later date, usually around or shortly after 1700. The woman's high hairstyle shows the influence of the French court with its formal dress style. After the death of Louis the XIVth in 1715, the high hairstyle disappeared. The depiction of frontagnes on Delft pottery is often indicative of a production period around 1700.
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