Makkum Tichelaar Four Vase Garniture Delft Polychrome 仏桑花 Red Hibiscus Blossom Ginger Jar Vases Delfts Polychroom Deksel Vazen Rooster Bird

CHINOIS DELFTS POLYCHROME GINGER JAR & TRUMPET VASES SET OF FOUR, hand painted by MAKKUM TICHELAAR from the Netherlands!

Dating from the early 1900's in an octagon ribbed form, with 8 panels being the luckiest number in Chinese numerology!

An extremely busy pattern filled with Chinois themes. There's a large rooster (phoenix bird or perhaps a lyrebird?). The bird is surrounded by an exotic garden of red hibiscus, chrysanthemums, tree peonies, tulips and weeping willow and more. There's several Taihu Stones. Japanese Karakusa arabesque curlicues adorn the vase base as a border pattern and on the neck. The vase collar feature designs normally found on the rear of Kraak Wanli Plates and Imari plates.

There are other Chinois and Japonais symbols in this pattern, which I will leave to the new owners to discover :-)

VIEW SHOP POLICIES > Shop Homepage > "View Shop Policies" for the fine print of shipping, no returns, taxes, wood bases/background photo props not included, etc.

OTHER PHOTOS > related items that might be of interest >

PIC 7 - TWO MAKKUM TICHELAAR DELFT BLUE CHINOIS GINGER JARS >

https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/648504253/makkum-tichelaar-two-delft-blue-ginger

PIC 8 - MAKKUM TICHELAAR PRE-1900's TALL DELFTS POLYCHROOM CHINOIS TRUMPET VASE >

https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/247787144/1800s-makkum-tichelaar-tall-delft

PIC 9 - MAKKUM TICHELAAR PRE-1900's HUGE DELFT BLUE PASTORAL COFFER JEWELRY BOX >

https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/235982329/huge-1800s-rare-old-delft-large-romantic

PIC 10 - MAKKUM TICHELAAR DELFT POLYCHROOM FRUIT BOWL STRAINER & PLATE >

https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/261391999/makkum-tichelaar-delft-strainer-delfts

HANAKOTOBA 花言葉 - Ancient Japanese "Language of Flowers"
- 仏桑花 BUSSOUGE - Hibiscus > Gentle
- ハイビスカス HAIBISUKASU - Hibiscus
- 黄蜀葵 TOROROAOI - Sunset Hibiscus

Cock (t: 公雞; s: 公鸡 - jī) - reliability, epitome of fidelity and punctuality, the rooster is also a symbol of advancement, the Chinese name for its crest is the same than that for official (guān)
cock, red - protecting ones house from fire
cock, white - protecting ones house from fire and chasing away demons
cock, five - reminding parents to educate their sons (and hopefully daughters as well)
Cock (Rooster) is one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac

TAIHU STONES - eroded limestone in grotesque patterns esteemed in gardens

Searching for that PERFECT VASE? Then please visit my Vase Section filled with over 200 Vases from Old Delft, French Faience, Old Chinese Porcelain and Antique Fine Japanese Porcelain >

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GuamAntiquesNstuff?section_id=17084253

Would make a great gift as a beautiful statement piece or a fine addition to your personal collection!

*FREE SHIPPING MOST COUNTRIES
* Guahan local pu only
- Please click & review SHIPPING & POLICIES TAB above (just below pics)

PHOTOS - integral to description, please use zoom feature for detailed views.

MARK - of crossed -T- was used until 1900, thereafter, a shield containing the crossed T's and Makkum came into use
- both signed by same painter

SPECS
Ginger Jars - about 11.25"H x 4.5"W
Trumpet Vases - about 7.625"H x 4"W

CONDITION - Excellent!
1 Ginger Jar - lid has an enamel flake on the bottom and the bird's tail is chipped
1 Trumpet Vase - enamel flake
otherwise > no hairlines, cracks, chips or crazing

MY SUBJECTIVE GRADING GUIDE >

Outstanding - pristine, like new
Excellent - excellent as it's an antique (minor issues)
Good - moderate issues
Fair - more than moderate issues, okay for display, but not a prized piece
Poor - major issues = deserving of continued existence

🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 WHERE AMERICA'S DAY BEGINS! 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴 🌴

🌺 HÅFA ADAI from the tropical island paradise of GUAHAN (Guam/USA) 🌺

MAKKUM TICHELAAR Info > 1594 to present
Makkum Tichelaar is considered the oldest surviving "Delft" manufacturer dating from 1594. (not to be confused with a similar claim of the oldest Delft manufacturer in Delft, de Porceleyne Fles) (both claims are true) Their pieces are hand-painted to this day! Pieces go for thousands of Euros! I had an opportunity to visit the town of Makkum, but since it was Koninginnedag (Queen's Birthday), the factory was closed but I was able to visit a corner shop that had hundreds and hundreds of older pieces! It was pure nirvana for an addicted Delft collector!
On 1 November 2014 they stopped producing stock for their permanent collection of consumer products.
As from 1 January 2015 they have put together a collection of their traditional earthenware that is available only through their webshop. These products are produced in batches. This means that orders are grouped and in principle are produced only once every quarter.

"The difference between Makkum Tichelaar's wares and other Delftware, is that they paint on the tin glaze and then refire. This leads to a little of bleeding, like Flow Blue wares. Delftware is painted on the bisque, so their wares are a little more sharper and more pronounced.

The blue painting with cobalt oxide gets, because of the fusion with the underlying glaze, a brilliance that has been impossible to make with later decoration techniques.

The decorative pottery is created with love and each piece is entirely handpainted. No print or stamp techniques thereby helps the painter."

⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘

Delft Chargers were highly sought after display pieces as an alternative to framed oil paintings. Royalty, nobility, wealthy merchants and even rich farmers acquired these examples of hand painted art! Many of the depicted themes were actually copies of popular (now famous) original oil paintings of the Dutch artists and masters. The other themes primarily were Chinois patterns copied from the Ming imports. When rich farmers held a large celebration, they would clear out the barn and then hang Delft Chargers either on the horse stalls or the walls of the barn as part of the party decor for the rustic party venue!

“Old Delft” were expensive and mostly used to flaunt their owner's status and wealth by displaying in their formal dining rooms and other public rooms of their estates. These Delft pieces were exported all over the Western world including the New World as found in Williamsburg and other colonial towns in both North and South America. Delft manufacturers were threatened by Chinese imports, but when China went through their times of troubles and the kilns destroyed and potters killed, the Delft makers capitalized on the sudden rarity of Chinese exports and imitated Ming and Wanli/Kraak patterns to supply the continually growing demand. Eventually Delft potters began using their own patterns and incorporating what has become “iconic” themes of Dutch Windmills, Canals, Nautical and Biblical renditions. When the Chinese Imperial government stabilized, kilns were rebuilt, but found they had lost most of their market share. To regain that share, they began copying the Dutch designs. The humor in all this, is that many of the Dutch designs were copies of Chinese patterns! With all these cross-copying of patterns, meaning was lost and “fanciful” unreal patterns resulted!

🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷

July 4th Independence Day > USA
July 21st Liberation Day WWII > GUAM/USA
Sep 14th Liberation Day WWII > MAASTRICHT, NL

Just wanted to take the opportunity to share this regarding WWII and the people of Holland in regards to the people of the US >

Near Maastricht, in Margraten, is the Netherlands American Cemetery. It is the only American military cemetery in Holland and where 8,301 of our soldiers rest eternal. There are Tablets of the Missing that contain 1,722 names. It's a beautiful and fitting resting place. I mention this because, we visited in 2010 and it was early May just after Koninginnedag (Queen's Birthday) as we were meeting a Dutch aunt who's married to a German citizen and they live in Germany and Maastricht is the halfway point from where we were staying. We were surprised and amazed at the thousands of visitors and the fresh flowers on EVERY GRAVE! It turns out, that ever since the cemetery was first created, every US Soldier's grave had been adopted by a nearby local family (also Belgian and German families across the border) and is visited several times a year and flowers laid and the soldier honored and remembered on certain holidays! It brought us to tears that after all this time, that the Dutch continue to honor and remember our soldier's ultimate sacrifice in helping to liberate their country! Thank you to the anonymous Dutch, Belgian, and German families who remember and honor our fallen!

⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘ 🌷 ⚘

I'm not an expert on Porcelain. The information above is based on my research as a collector. It's time to downsize and find an appreciative home for this exquisite piece!

Feel free to contact me if you have questions or need additional photos.