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

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

painted in Chinese 'Transitional' style with figures standing or sitting in a garden setting between scrollwork and flowerhead lambrequin borders around the shoulder and foot, VK monogram mark of Jeronimus Peitersz van Kessel, de Metale Pot (The Metal Pot) factory.
height 23½ in.
59.7 cm

Condition Report:
The cover matched. The finial re-stuck through terminal
The vase with a three-point star crack to base and a curving crack which extends into octagonal foot. Two corners of foot with an old large area of loss. Two flat areas of loss to interior of rim. Typical glaze loss along top edge of rim.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London, bearing label