Delftware Aquarium With Fish Decoration, 19th Century - Sdc26aqu001

Important earthenware aquarium with blue decoration in the Chinese style – Late 19th century SDC26AQU001 Netherlands / Delft region. Beautiful and rare glazed earthenware aquarium with blue decoration on a white background, decorated with stylized fish and aquatic plants. The piece features an elegant Chinese-inspired decoration, typical of the taste for the Far East that marked European production in the second half of the 19th century. European earthenware inspired by Chinese design, produced during a period when Orientalism and a taste for China were very fashionable (Napoleon III → early 20th century). The treatment of the fish and algae, while oriental in style, reveals a European execution. The glaze displays a fine, regular crackle pattern. Of considerable size and weight (over 10 kg), this aquarium was a refined decorative element for a bourgeois interior, conservatory, or winter garden. Its presence is remarkable both for its size and the quality of its decoration. Length: 54 cm Width: 36 cm Height: 22 cm Estimated capacity: approximately 25 liters of water Weight: over 10 kg Condition: good overall condition, signs of use consistent with age, no restoration.