Vase with Cover
Grieksche A Factory
c. 1678-80
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware)
Dimensions
H.: 58 cm (23 in.); Diam.: 40.7 cm (16 in.)
Classification
vase
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
151387
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Starting in 1604 the Dutch East India Company (founded 1602) imported Chinese porcelain into the northern Netherlands in ever-increasing quantities. The popularity of these predominantly blue- and white objects led potters in the Dutch city of Delft to refine their clay and glaze formulas to better compete with the Chinese imports. Delftware proved an important source of wealth for the Dutch Republic, which had only recently achieved independence from Spain. In the 1640s porcelain imports into ...