a dutch delft blue and white chinoiserie vase
Second half 17th Century
After a Chinese example, the ovoid body with long narrowing neck, decorated with elongated panels containing birds on branches alternating with Taoist symbols (a tiny chip to the edge)
24cm. high
Lot Essay
cf. C.H. de Jonge, Delftsch, p. 201 ill. 177
See illustration
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