A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE-SHAPED VASES AND A BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, CIRCA 1700 AND LATE 17TH CENTURY

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE-SHAPED VASES AND A BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, CIRCA 1700 AND LATE 17TH CENTURY

each bottle-shaped vase painted in Chinese 'Transitional' style, around the body beneath the knopped neck with a continuous landscape scene of figures at various pursuits; the baluster vase and cover similarly decorated, the bottle vases with painted numeral 3.
height of bottle-shaped vases 13 ¼ in.; height of baluster vase 14 ¼ in.
33.7 cm; 36.2 cm

Condition Report:
Restoration to rims of flanking vases and underside edge of the flange of the cover. Short hairline crack to rim of central vase.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London, bearing label