A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TULIP VASE
Lot 73

A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TULIP VASE

FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DE METALE POT FACTORY

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 1,187

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A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TULIP VASE
FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DE METALE POT FACTORY
The heart-shaped body surmounted by five nozzles of octagonal section, the front with three further nozzles, with winged dolphin-shaped handles and on a spreading rectangular foot, painted with a pair of winged putti, flowers, foliage and scrollwork, the foot with panels of prunus blossoms or demi-chrysanthemum blossoms above a hatched border (restoration to central aperture at back, rims of other apertures, mouths of handles and base)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a pair of vases of the same form, marked for the De Metaale Pot factory, see Marion S. van Aken-Fehmers et al., Delfts Aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Catalogue, Vol. IV, The Hague, 2007, p. 222, no. 7.16; and p. 214, no. 7.09 for another example of differing form but bearing very similar putti and flower decoration.