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CIRCA 1720
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A pair of Berlin (Funcke) blue and white baluster vases
Circa 1720
Of octagonal section, the bulbous bodies, waisted feet and upper parts of the tall flared necks moulded with vertical ribs, the bodies of each with continuous scenes of Orientals at various pursuits on canopied terraces, the lower part of each neck with ogival panels of flowering shrubs, the upper part with flowers suspended from an elaborate border with shaped diaper panels divided by flowerheads, the feet with vertical bands of stylised foliage, zig-zag, dot and spiral ornament (both with some minute fritting to necks and bodies, one vase with section broken from neck and restuck, extended firing crack to foot, small restored chip or flake to glaze of body, the other with areas of flaking to glaze)
17 in. (43 cm.) and 16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1720
Of octagonal section, the bulbous bodies, waisted feet and upper parts of the tall flared necks moulded with vertical ribs, the bodies of each with continuous scenes of Orientals at various pursuits on canopied terraces, the lower part of each neck with ogival panels of flowering shrubs, the upper part with flowers suspended from an elaborate border with shaped diaper panels divided by flowerheads, the feet with vertical bands of stylised foliage, zig-zag, dot and spiral ornament (both with some minute fritting to necks and bodies, one vase with section broken from neck and restuck, extended firing crack to foot, small restored chip or flake to glaze of body, the other with areas of flaking to glaze)
17 in. (43 cm.) and 16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) high (2)
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