A tall Dutch Delft blue and white octogonal bottle vase, circa 1680-1690. Photo Sotheby's

the body painted with a band of birds amongst foliage between lappet borders, the knopped neck and flared rim painted with scattered flowers, blue painted LC mark for Lambert Cleffius, owner of De Metalen Pot (The Metal Pot) factory from 1679 to 1691, minor damage, 39.5cm., 15 1/2 in. high. Estimation 2,000 — 3,000 GBP

Provenance: F.Bodenheim Collection with paper label

Sotheby's. The Gustav Leonhardt Collection, Property from the Bartolotti House, Amsterdam. London | 29 avr. 2014 - www.sotheby's.com