A London delftware 'bleu persan' potting pot, circa 1690-1700


Oval with straight sides and a flat base entirely glazed in bright blue, the exterior painted in white with panels of formal flowering plants divided by leaf and floret motifs, 16.8cm long, 9cm high
|Provenance:With Jellinek and Sampson, 1982Simon Sainsbury, Christie's sale 18 June 2008, lot 255A very similar example is illustrated by F.H. Garner and Michael Archer, English Delftware (1972), pl.49B. Others of the same shape are recorded with seated Chinese figures instead of flowers. One was also in the Simon Sainsbury Collection, lot 253, and another was sold by Sotheby's 4 May 2017, lot 83.