D2020. Pair of Polychrome Petit Feu and Gilded Butter Tubs
Delft, circa 1760
Each butter tub of octagonal form and painted in the Kakiemon palette on the front and reverse with birds perched on branches, repeated on the cover within a border of scrolls and the finial shaped as a reclining figure, the stands with the same decoration of birds perched on branches within a scrollwork border encircled with floral sprigs.
Dimensions
Width of stands: 18.7 cm. (7.4 in.)