A RARE DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME FIGURAL NAUGHTY TEAPOT AND COVER, naturalistically modelled in relief, modelled as a seated scantily clad Dutch merchant with a fluffy face, a flat belly, long hair, wearing a green garment, holding a dish and a cup, with naughty up-right spout, seated on a yellow stool above manganese-red rockwork, with loop handle, the cover modelled as a tricorn hat (the spout and hat restored), marked for Petrus van Marum, de Romeyn, 18th Century
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A RARE DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME FIGURAL NAUGHTY TEAPOT AND COVER, naturalistically modelled in relief, modelled as a seated scantily clad Dutch merchant with a fluffy face, a flat belly, long hair, wearing a green garment, holding a dish and a cup, with naughty up-right spout, seated on a yellow stool above manganese-red rockwork, with loop handle, the cover modelled as a tricorn hat (the spout and hat restored), marked for Petrus van Marum, de Romeyn, 18th Century
circa 16 cm high
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