A DUTCH DELFT CALABASH TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, (kalebas) painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief as a yellow calabash speckled with green dots in slight relief, applied with leaves, the cover en suite applied with huge branches terminating in large leafy flowerheads, the stand modelled as a large green leaf with black nervature enclosing further blue nerves, tureen and cover marked 2 to the inside, first half 18th Century (with large fitted étui)
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A DUTCH DELFT CALABASH TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, (kalebas) painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief as a yellow calabash speckled with green dots in slight relief, applied with leaves, the cover en suite applied with huge branches terminating in large leafy flowerheads, the stand modelled as a large green leaf with black nervature enclosing further blue nerves, tureen and cover marked 2 to the inside, first half 18th Century (with large fitted étui)
the stand 21.5 cm wide
the tureen 18 cm high
Provenance
Collection Voûte, Amsterdam
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