Large Delft Carp Basin Fayence, lavished blue decor. Model on stand ring with high slightly tapered wall. Outside decorated with spiral tendrils and four flower vases in laurel wreaths, in the fifth reserve an unidentified coat of arms. Inside large rock and bird motif. No badge. Restored cracks. H 29, D about 50 cm. Delft, Manufactory De Metalen Pot, Cornelis Koppens, ascribed to him around 1730. A slightly smaller bowl is located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection, Inv. No. 1921-3-174. It carries a cartouche with the monogram MR and date 1727 and is marketed with CK for Cornelis Koppens from the Manufactory De Metalen Pot. Provenance: Former collection Dr. Günther Grethe, Hamburg. The Dessing & Dröge Collection.