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A large Dutch Delft polychrome ribbed octagonal 'Cachemire' chinoiserie baluster vase

CIRCA 1700, ATTRIBUTED TO LAMBERTUS VAN EENHOORN, DE METALEN POT

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A large Dutch Delft polychrome ribbed octagonal 'Cachemire' chinoiserie baluster vase
CIRCA 1700, ATTRIBUTED TO LAMBERTUS VAN EENHOORN, DE METALEN POT
Elaborately painted with eight elongated panels depicting various blooming chrysanthemum branches alternating flowering carnations and prunus divided by foliate bands, the shoulder decorated with large foliate lappets enclosing medallions depicting Kylins, roosters and flowers, the base similarly decorated with lappets, the upright neck with fretwork
58.5 cm. high

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Please note this vase has some restoration to the borders.

Lot Essay

Vases of this type appear to have been used as decoration in the fireplace, sometimes as part of a garniture, during the idle summer months. These so called 'chimney pots' or schouwstellen are brought to evidence in the designs of Daniel Marot, an example of which can be found, in the engraving of the porcelain and lacquer room from folio 2 of the series Nouvelles Cheminées faites en plusieurs endroits de la Hollande et autres provinces..., see A.M.L.E. Erkelens, Queen Mary's 'Delft porcelain', Paleis het Loo, Zwolle, 1996, ill. p.20.
For related 'Cachemire' vases see F.W. Hudig, Delfter Fayence, Berlin, 1929, p.150 ill.142. C.H de Jonge, Delftsch Aardewerk, Amsterdam, 1947, p.266 ill.232. J. Boyazoglu & L. de Neuville, Les Faïences de Delft, Paris, 1980, p.51 ill.52.

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