Lot Essay
It is rare to find vases painted with each side in a contrasting palette.
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CIRCA 1770, BLUE CF MARKS
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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1770, blue CF marks
Each octagonal inverted pear-shaped vase with domed cover and kylin finial, painted on one side in blue and white with a landscape vingette of a shepherd and his flock by a bridge within a moulded foliate scroll cartouche, the reverse with the same bridge from a different angle showing a house at the termination of the bridge at the right within a blue, yellow and green flowered cartouche
19in. (48.2cm.) high (2)
Circa 1770, blue CF marks
Each octagonal inverted pear-shaped vase with domed cover and kylin finial, painted on one side in blue and white with a landscape vingette of a shepherd and his flock by a bridge within a moulded foliate scroll cartouche, the reverse with the same bridge from a different angle showing a house at the termination of the bridge at the right within a blue, yellow and green flowered cartouche
19in. (48.2cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With Armin B. Allen, New York