D0605. Blue and White Baluster-Form Jar and Cover

Dutch Delft Pottery blue and white bluster form jar
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D0605. Blue and White Baluster-Form Jar and Cover

Delft, circa 1685

Painted in shades of hazy blue with four groups of three or two Chinese men in a continuous stylized rocky landscape beneath a border of scalework around the neck, the cover with two figures in a similar landscape around the mushroom-shaped knop, and the rim with a zigzag border.

 

Height: 36.5 cm. (14 3/8 in.)

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