A DUTCH DELFT GARLIC VASE

A DUTCH DELFT GARLIC VASE
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Based on a Chinese form, trekked in dark blue and enriched in blue and pea green, the neck with 'Fleurs Hollondais' or stiff half-flowerheads issuing upright foliate leaves as scrolls, the shoulder with lappets, the body with trailing flowering plants, rockwork, insects and a water bird, the foot with stiff leaf tips
17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) high