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

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

of inverted form, painted in Chinese 'Transitional' style with a continuous scene of Chinoiserie figures in a landscape, outlined in black and with stylized leaf borders, GK monogram for Gerrit Pietersz Kam of Drie Postelyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) factory, or De Paeuw (The Peacock) factory, and painted numeral 2.
height 22½ in.
57.2 cm

Condition Report:
The cover with restoration to one corner which has discolored. The main body of the vase in generally good condition and appearance, with only typical glaze flakes to extremities. A small firing flaw to body, located above the group of three painted figures.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London, bearing label