Lot Essay
Whirling Dervishes are members of a Sufi order that are known for spinning as a form of dihkr, or remembrance of God.
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Property from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III
A DUTCH DELFT FIGURE OF A WHIRLING DERVISH
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, IRON-RED PAK MONOGRAM FOR PIETER ANDRIAENSZ KOCKS AT DE GRIEKSCHE A FACTORY
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A DUTCH DELFT FIGURE OF A WHIRLING DERVISH
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, IRON-RED PAK MONOGRAM FOR PIETER ANDRIAENSZ KOCKS AT DE GRIEKSCHE A FACTORY
Modeled standing and holding his baton aloft, on a hexagonal base painted with flower-heads and stiff-leaf tips
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, IRON-RED PAK MONOGRAM FOR PIETER ANDRIAENSZ KOCKS AT DE GRIEKSCHE A FACTORY
Modeled standing and holding his baton aloft, on a hexagonal base painted with flower-heads and stiff-leaf tips
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam, 23 September 2004.
Literature
Aronson Antiquairs, Dutch Delftware, Exhibition Catalogue, Amsterdam, 2000, ill. 19.
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Please note the following additional information available on this lot:
PROVENCE:
The Günther Grethe Collection, Hamburg.
EXHIBITED:
Amsterdam, Gemeente Musea Amsterdam Willet Holthuysen, Het Wondere Zwart van Delft, 24 November 1962-15 January 1963, no. 46, illus. p. 322.
LITERATURE:
Dave and Robert Aronson, Dutch Delftware: the Günther Grethe Collection, Amsterdam, 2004, cat. no. 113.
PROVENCE:
The Günther Grethe Collection, Hamburg.
EXHIBITED:
Amsterdam, Gemeente Musea Amsterdam Willet Holthuysen, Het Wondere Zwart van Delft, 24 November 1962-15 January 1963, no. 46, illus. p. 322.
LITERATURE:
Dave and Robert Aronson, Dutch Delftware: the Günther Grethe Collection, Amsterdam, 2004, cat. no. 113.
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