Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Plate (part of a set) Porcelain Axe (de Porceleyne Bijl)  Date: ca. 1764–88 Culture: Dutch (Delft)
A Dutch Delft jar. Circa 1720-40. via
Dutch Delft blue and white posset pot and cover, 17th century, decorated in the Chinese style with birds, blossoming foliate within formalised scroll borders, with twin loop handles and a short spout, diameter including handles: 11in. 28cm. via
Dutch Delft caddy and cover via
Large Dutch delft jar and cover c. 1700, decorated overall with birds in branches ,flowers and leafy scrolls against a speckled background with a mark in blue on the base which appears to be JH with the number 5 underneath possibly for Jan Ariensz van Hammen, owner in 1661 of the Dobbelde Schenckan and he may have also have had a pottery in Lambeth; height: 28 in. 71cm. via
An early 18th century oviform Dutch delft jar painted in the Chinese style with birds amongst flowering shrubs issuing from rockwork, signed G:NH: height: 12 in.; 30.5 cm; via
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