Details
Each octagonal vase decorated with exotic long-tailed birds perched on blossoming chrysanthemum and peony branches, insects hovering, the shoulder with trelliswork cartouches centering shells, comprising: three baluster vases and covers with seated Buddhistic lion finials and two tall bottle vases
1518 in. (38.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 October 2005, lot 122.
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See D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Delft, Niederländische Fayence, München, 1984, p. 254, ill. 195 for a comparable garniture in this rare and unusual color combination.

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