•D2552. Pair of Blue and White Oval Bowls

Delft, circa 1760

Each marked with an axe in blue for De Porceleyne Byl (The Porcelain Axe) factory
Each painted in the center with a flowering prunus tree growing beside a pine tree before a pierced rock on a grassy plateau, the rococo-scroll-molded rim with a border of demi-chrysanthemum blossoms and foliate scrolls within petal-edged lappets, and the exterior with four beribboned lozenges.

DIMENSIONS
Lengths: 26.5 and 26.3 cm. (10.4 in.)

PROVENANCE
The Kitty Valkier-Schreurs Collection, Belgium;
Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam;
Collection Mrs. M., New York State, USA

LITERATURE
Described and illustrated in Aronson 2012, p. 118, no. 68.