A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE LARGE VASES, CIRCA 1700

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE LARGE VASES, CIRCA 1700

each bulbous body painted beneath the knopped neck with an overall pattern of peacocks and other birds amidst or perched upon flowering plants between a flowerhead and scrollwork lambrequin border around the shoulder and bird and scrollwork ruyi panels on each side of the octagonal foot, PK monogram mark for Pieter Gerritsz.Kam, De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) factory.
height 23½ in.
59.7 cm

Condition Report:
One vase with three restored footrim chips. The other with one restored footrim chip. Both with flaring rims restored, which has started to discolor slightly, one with a short associated crack which goes into bulbous section of neck.

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Provenance:
Guest & Gray, London, bearing label