Lot 100
  • 100

A pair of large Dutch Delft blue and white bottle vases

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • pottery, delft
  • 51cm., 20in. high
painted in Kangxi style with jardinières of flowering peony and birds in branches and in flight, beneath a foliate border, the tall cylindrical necks painted with further flowers, 

Provenance

Acquired before 1940.

Literature

J.F. Heijbroek & A.Th.P van Griensven, Kunst, kennis en kwaliteit, Zwolle, 2007, p.121, illustrated in a photograph from 1949.

Condition

one with rim chip 3cm. x 1cm., and typical flakes to foot; the other with four 1cm. foot chips, otherwise very good condition.
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