6. Pair of Blue and White Chinoiserie Plates Delft, circa 1680-85
7. Blue and Manganese Baluster-Form Vase and Cover Delft, circa 1680-85
Marked SVE in blue for Samuel van Eenhoorn, the owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) Factory from 1678 to 1685
Marked SVE 12 in manganese for Samuel van Eenhoorn, the owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) Factory from 1678 to 1685
Each painted in the center with a Chinese man holding a fan and standing beneath a pine tree in a fenced garden within concentric lines, the wide rim painted with five figures seated near small fences, rocks and shrubbery within four similar vignettes.
Painted on the front with two chinoiserie figures strolling before their blackamoor servant carrying a fan near prunus growing from a rock, bamboo and other shrubbery, and on the reverse with two men seated before a distant pavilion, one holding a fan, the other a goblet, the lower body with a border of four oval panels depicting figures in river landscapes alternating with beribboned foliate motifs above a band of stiff leaves, the shoulder with a border of blue-ground blossom-andscrollwork lappets, and the cover with a bell-shaped knop encircled by a border of six floral lappets above a band of petal devices on the rim.
Diameter: 25.1 cm. (9 7/8 in.)
Height: 29.8 cm. (11 3/4 in.)
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