Large Vase, Zuid-Holland, Gouda

Exceptionally beautiful, large and rare vase in the Dutch Art Nouveau style, featuring a 360-degree peacock design. Made by Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland, the largest pottery in Gouda at the time, this vase represents the colourful matte-glaze decor typical of their work between 1900 and 1924. The carved year mark on the base dates this piece to 1900, during the factory’s early period of decorative experimentation, when the year marks were still carved instead of painted on the bottom. There are minor signs of wear on the glaze layer, appropriate for its age.