Pair Antique Delft Blue & White Transferware Lidded Vases

Impressive pair of palace size Chinese porcelain lidded urns with foo dog handles and hand decorated with aquatic scenes with fish and plants.

The decoration on this pair of blue and white Dutch Delft jars features intricate floral patterns, scrolling foliage, and a central vase, all hand-painted in two shades of rich cobal...

Impressive pair of 18th century earthenware spice or tobacco jars hand decorated in blue and white floral chinoiserie under a tin glaze with later brass lids.

This fine pair of large blue and white Delft covered jars was hand painted in the Netherlands circa 1880. Each fluted body is decorated with baskets of flowers surrounded by ...

A stunning pair of monumental Meiji period Japanese blue and white porcelain temple vases in the Kangxi Taste, mid 20th century in date. The Foo Dog lidded vases are ovoid and featu...

Made in the late 18th century, this pair of blue and white Delft jars has an elegant presence. The smooth ovoid bodies rise to a strong, stepped neck and a wide, projecting flange th...

Wonderful pair of large-scale early 20th century Delft blue and white covered jars. Makes a great accessory! Circa 1920 20h x 7 h

With artists signature

During the 17th through 19th centuries, highly skilled artisans in Savona, Italy, produced beautiful tin-glazed earthenware known as maiolica (majolica). These blue and white lidded vases with serpentine handles, from circa 1800, are such an example. Early Savona offerings were painted cobalt blue on a white background, as seen on these vases. Because the scenes depicted on the main bodies are distinct, they are considered a near pair, although their dimensions do not vary. Both illustrations contain country houses surrounded by tall trees and fronted by vegetation emerging from rocky terrain. In each scene, people can be seen in front of the houses, with one having two citizens and the other having four. One of the renderings is bordered by roundels at the top and by a leafy vine at the bottom; the other vase does not have any surrounding motifs. The sides opposite the pastoral images are distinct as well: the one with the borders has curled vines surrounding the Savona Lighthouse (a production mark of studios from this region), while the other vase has the lighthouse above a pair of small foliate margents. Both vases have domed, removable lids with a conical finial emerging from a painted sunburst. Curled leaves have been painted along the circumference above a solid blue ring. The two curvaceous handles are each comprised of a pair of snakes bound with a ribbon. Our blue and white lidded Savona vases...

Large pair of blue and white 18th century delft vases with covers.