A large Dutch Delft Samuel van Eenhoorn blue and white chinoiserie baluster vase

CIRCA 1680-1685, MARKED SVE ABOVE 30 FOR SAMUEL VAN EENHOORN AT DE GRIEKSCHE A

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A large Dutch Delft Samuel van Eenhoorn blue and white chinoiserie baluster vase
Circa 1680-1685, marked SVE above 30 for Samuel van Eenhoorn at de Grieksche A
The octagonal body painted in blue and manganese and decorated with three groups of typical large turbanned dignitaries, one group with; a mandarin, a servant carrying a ruyi sceptre indicating dignity, a maiden holding a fan, one seated group of musicians, one group of six mandarins conversating, amidst pinetrees and the famous cloud and rock motif, with a band of fleurs hollandaises alternating riverscape medallions, the shoulders and neck with lappets, the upright neck with clovers
38 cm (14 7/8 in.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. H.P. Fourest, Delftware (London 1980), p. 43, ill. 29
Ch. Lahaussois, Les faïences de Delft, catalogue Musée des arts décoratifs (Paris 1994), p. 33 for a bottle vase with similar decoration

See illustration on page 93

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