A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR FOOTED BASIN, CIRCA 1700

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR FOOTED BASIN, CIRCA 1700

painted in Chinese 'Transitional' style with a dignitary and his attendant in the center of the interior and on each side with figures at various pursuits, raised on three bun feet and affixed on each side with a rope twist handle.
length across handles 18 ¼ in.
46.4 cm

Condition Report:
Two corners, diagonally from each other with a vertical crack, one stabilized by six rivets, the other stabilized by 7 rivets. Some fill to each. Otherwise minor glaze flakes along molded edges. Some faint glaze crazing cracks.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London, bearing label