Delftware covered vase in Oriental style

An image of Delftware. Covered vase. Drie Posteleyne Astonne factory, Holland, Delft. Kamm, Gerrit Pietersz, proprietor of pottery. Painted in blue in Oriental, Chinese, style. The oviform vase has a short concave neck, and a domed cover with a rounded knob. On both the vase and cover there are four oval panels containing Chinese peonies, chrysanthemums and lotus-plants, separated by lotus-scroll ornament and cloud-scrolls. Round the shoulder and round the base of the vase there are horizontal borders of stylized foliage between narrow bands. The neck is decorated with lotus and scrolls between narrow bands. The knob is decorated with a multi-petalled flower. Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt blue, height, whole, 60.5 cm, height, vase, 47.2 cm, width, base, 24.5 cm, circa 1685-1700. Production Note: The mark indicates that the vase was made at Die Posteleyne Astonne factory during the proprietorship of Gerrit Pietersz Kamm from 1679-1700.

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Delftware. Covered vase. Drie Posteleyne Astonne factory, Holland, Delft. Kamm, Gerrit Pietersz, proprietor of pottery. Painted in blue in Oriental, Chinese, style. The oviform vase has a short concave neck, and a domed cover with a rounded knob. On both the vase and cover there are four oval panels containing Chinese peonies, chrysanthemums and lotus-plants, separated by lotus-scroll ornament and cloud-scrolls. Round the shoulder and round the base of the vase there are horizontal borders of stylized foliage between narrow bands. The neck is decorated with lotus and scrolls between narrow bands. The knob is decorated with a multi-petalled flower. Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt blue, height, whole, 60.5 cm, height, vase, 47.2 cm, width, base, 24.5 cm, circa 1685-1700. Production Note: The mark indicates that the vase was made at Die Posteleyne Astonne factory during the proprietorship of Gerrit Pietersz Kamm from 1679-1700.

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Accession Number: C.2500 & A-1928
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17th Century blue and white Chinese Style cover covered Delftware Dutch earthenware Fitz_AA floral flowers glazed knob lidded Oriental Style Orientalism pottery thrown tin-glazed vase

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