A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASES EARLY 18TH CENTURY |

of eight-sided form with a bulbous spout section and flared rim, supported upon a slender neck, the body painted with a pattern of birds amidst flowers beneath a ruyi head around the shoulder, on a slightly flared foot.

Ginsburg & Levy, New York, June 1971;
Vogel Collection no. 124.

One vase with old restoration to rim, and a bruise-chip to shoulder. Both have some scattered glaze loss to edge of rims and some scattered flakes to body associated with production.
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