A Dutch Delft Doré ewer and cover 1701-1722

the fluted baluster body painted in an Imari palette including a bright green with birds in flight and perched on pierced rocks, below a broad lapped border, the cover with a basket of flowers within red line borders; cover associated

Typical rim chips to footrim and upper rim, small glaze chip to the spout, some hairlins to the upper part of the handle, firing flaw at connection between handle and body, (original) piercing to the handle, some minor srcatching and rubbing to paint and gilding, minor imperfections to the glaze; the cover (original) double pierced, usual rim chips, three larger shallow chips underneath the rim, the spout chipped.
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