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Albert and Leonie van Daalen Röell, at home with their collection

Albert (1927-2018) and Leonie van Daalen- the Sichterman coat-of-arms. His family armorial and export porcelain to include
Röell (1930-2018) were descendants of descended from Jan Albert Sichterman Tang pottery, Song dynasty ceramics,
well-respected Dutch families who followed (1692-1764), pictured here, who was the Ming dynasty blue and white porcelain and
family tradition in amassing an extensive famous Dutch East India (VOC) governor in cinnabar lacquer works of art.
art collection. Their collection ranged Bengal for 27 years. Sichterman returned
from Chinese ceramics and works of art to to the Netherlands a wealthy man with
Old Master paintings, Dutch Delft, silver a fne collection of Chinese art. A large
and furniture. They bought from leading blue and white cistern and cover bearing
international auction houses and renowned the Sichterman coat-of-arms is ofered
European and London dealers across a here, lot 33, while a selection of pieces
period that spanned several decades. from several ‘Sichterman’ armorial dinner
Christie’s are delighted to present their services are ofered in The van Daalen
collection here, from lots 20–34, and also Collection of Chinese Art. An Anglo-Indian
in the single owner online auction, The ivory inlaid ebony and ebonised document
van Daalen Collection of Chinese Art, that box, Vizagapatan, c.1760, also bearing the
is open for bidding from 30 October to 6 Sichterman coat-of-arms is ofered in The
November 2019. Collector: English and European Furniture on
The van Daalen’s had a special interest in 13 November 2019.
Chinese art that was initially triggered by Over the years the focus of the van Daalen’s Jan Albert Sichterman (1692-1764)
C.L. Haverkamp, 1755, Collection of Groninger Museum
an armorial plate inherited by Albert with collecting tastes broadened from Chinese Photograph: Marten de Leeuw

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