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DE DRYE VERGULDE ASTONNEKENS, CIRCA 1740
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A DUTCH DELFT DORE BERRY STRAINER
DE DRYE VERGULDE ASTONNEKENS, CIRCA 1740
The pierced circular basin raised on bun feet, painted on a pale robin's egg blue ground in a bright petit feu palette enriched in gilt in the manner of Zacharias Dextra, the basin with scattered berries, the shaped border with repeated landscape vignettes of a farmer running after a fox absconding with a hen in its mouth, a kneeling woman picking flowers, and another farmer, the exterior similarly with a continuous landscape
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diameter
DE DRYE VERGULDE ASTONNEKENS, CIRCA 1740
The pierced circular basin raised on bun feet, painted on a pale robin's egg blue ground in a bright petit feu palette enriched in gilt in the manner of Zacharias Dextra, the basin with scattered berries, the shaped border with repeated landscape vignettes of a farmer running after a fox absconding with a hen in its mouth, a kneeling woman picking flowers, and another farmer, the exterior similarly with a continuous landscape
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diameter