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Lot 77

A rare London delftware 'Bleu Persan' vase, circa 1680-90

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,400 inc. premium

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A rare London delftware 'Bleu Persan' vase, circa 1680-90

Of exaggerated baluster shape on a spreading ridged foot, the rich blue glaze enlivened with random white splashes, 12cm high

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Provenance
Marion and Brian Morgan Collection, Sotheby's, 20 November 1979, lot 24
With Jonathan Horne, 1980
Graham Slater Collection

Illustrated and discussed by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes (1977), p.44, item 22, where it was attributed to Lambeth. Delftware shards with dark blue glaze and white splashing have been found at several London factory sites and in Brislington. A larger vase of identical form in the Museum of London was excavated in Summer Street, Blackfriars, see Frank Britton, London Delftware (1986), fig.99. A bulbous mug or gorge with identical decoration is illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware, Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue (1997), p.247, C.11.

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