CIRCA 1685

Details

A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR PIERCED FLOWER-BOWL
CIRCA 1685
Painted with an Oriental figure seated by rockwork, the reverse with grasses rockwork and a tree, the bleu Persan top with a central circular aperture surrounded by radiating pierced holes edged in white within a pendant leaf border, slight chipping to rims
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Acquired from Jonathan Horne, London, 25 February 2003.

Literature

Jonathan Horne, English Pottery and Related Works of Art, (London, 2003), p. 14, no. 03/9.

Exhibited

Jonathan Horne, London, March 2003, no. 03/9.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Sale room notice

Please note there are some areas of restoration to the pierced top section of this flower bowl.

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the similarity of form between this flower-bowl and butter-dishes found during excavations at Vauxhall, see Edwards, English Ceramic Circle Transactions, 1984, vol. 12, part 16, pls. 55-56.

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