A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE, LATE 17TH CENTURY

painted with a dignitary and his attendants in a fenced garden, GK monogram for Gerrit Pietersz Kam, Drie Postelyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) or De Paeuw (The Peacock) factory.
height 18½ in.
47 cm

Condition Report:
Lacking cover. An old flat rim chip to two corners at rim, the largest 2. x 2.5 at widest points. The base with a firing crack which has faintly extended up one side of octagonal foot. The rim with short hairline crack 3.4 cm long. Overall good appearance.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London