Kop, beschilderd met twee elkaar op regelmatige afstand snijdende blad- en bloemslingers
Manufacture Oud-Loosdrecht
ca. 1782 - ca. 1784
Medium
porcelain
Dimensions
4.9; 7.1
About this artwork
hoogte 4,9 cm x diameter 7,1 cm
Art Historical Context
This delicate cup, crafted by Manufacture-Loosdrecht between approximately 1782 and 1784, exemplifies the refined artistry of late eighteenth-century Dutch ceramics. Standing just 4.9 centimeters tall with a diameter of 7.1 centimeters, the small vessel features elegant hand-painted decoration of two intersecting gar of leaves and flowers, a rhythmic, balanced around its surface. Such motifs were popular in porcelain of the period, a blend of Roc lightness and emerging neoclassical restraint. Oud-Loosdrecht, one of the earliest successful porcelain factories in the Netherlands, operated under...