"Haarlem Faience Bowl (netherlands), Mid-17th Century"
A lobed-rimmed bowl on a low foot, made of Haarlem faience (Netherlands), decorated in polychrome within a central medallion of a cherub holding a globe surmounted by a cross, surrounded by grotesques. The rim features a yellow frieze streaked with ochre and manganese. Attributed to Willem Jansz Verstraeter.
Circa 1640-1660, mid-17th century.
Diameter: 21.8 cm.
Cf. Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres (inv. no. MNC22454) and Drs. F.T. Scholten, *Dutch Majolica et Delftware (1550-1700) from the Edwin van Drecht Collection*, pp. 98-102, nos. 87, 88, 89, 91, and 92. Ed. E. van Drecht, Amsterdam, NL, 1993.
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