A large and rare Dutch Delft blue and white vase and cover, circa 1700. Photo Sotheby's

the tapered cylindrical sides painted with a frieze of a cherub seated amongst flowering shrubs and birds, above a gadroon moulded border painted with panels of birds in branches alternating with acanthus, the rim surmounted with eight moulded scallop shells, the high domed cover further painted with a cherub amongst flowers and birds beneath a spire finial, indistinct blue painted mark, some restoration to scallop shells. Quantité: 2; 41cm., 16 1/8 in. high. Estimation 7,000 — 10,000 GBP

Provenance: The Stodel Collection (paper label to base)

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