D0852. Garniture of Three Polychrome Fluted Octagonal Vases and Cover

Delft, circa 1710

Marked LVE 8 0 iP in iron-red on the central vase

Comprising a baluster-form vase and cover and a pair of baluster-form bottle vases, each painted in the cashmire palette with either eight or six panels of pagodas in a landscape alternating with flowering chrysanthemums and separated by blue-ground bands of iron-red blossoms, the flaring foot and shoulder with further floral panels separated by green-ground bands of blossoms, the knop on the bottle necks with a flowering vine border, and the cover with foliate lappets around the dome and scalloped rim beneath the teardrop knop.

Heights: 30.2 and 27.1 cm. (11 7/8 and 10 11/16 in.)