A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE VASE

CIRCA 1670-1675

Details

A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE VASE
CIRCA 1670-1675
Of baluster form, painted with birds, dragonflies, butterflies and moths among sprays of prunus, chrysanthemum, peony, carnation, tulip, berries, foliage and other flowers, below a 'three brick' pattern rim
12¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high

Provenance

With Jonathan Horne, London, 1999.

Literature

Jonathan Horne, A Collection of Early English Pottery, Part XIX, London, March 1999, no. 555.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D365.

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Lot Essay

Inspired by Chinese blue and white porcelain of the Ming dynasty, the decoration on the present vase is distinguished by its large scale, the richness of the flowers, the delicacy of the shading, the whimsical dragonflies, butterflies and birds. The vase belongs to a small class of wares similarly decorated that includes four posset pots dating 1669-1678 (Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, nos. 899, 903, 907, 908), as well as a large undated dish with Jonathan Horne in 1990, a tall mug dated 1769 formerly in the Longridge Collection and now in another private collection (Christie's, London, 10-11 June 2010, lot 1171) and an initialed 'curles' salt dated 1675 still part of the Longridge Collection (Grigsby, op. cit., Vol. II, D208).

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