Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold Without Reserve
TWO DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TOBACCO JARS AND ONE METAL COVER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
each painted with an Indian smoking a pipe and seated by a jar inscribed either 'RAPPE' or 'VIOLET', beside other cargo vessels, one monogrammed VOC, before two ships under sail on the water, Rappe with BP mark in blue for for De Vergulde Blompot (The Gilt Flowerpot) factory, Violet with three blue painted three bells marks for De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells) factory
(tallest excluding cover) height 10 ½ in.
26.5 cm
The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Warren Baker, Michigan City, Indiana, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, 15 October 1982, lot 199 (the example inscribed Violet)