Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2394Location: BostonDate / Time: January 12, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Dutch Delft Five Piece Mantel Garniture, Holland, 18th century, each octagonal shape, consisting of three covered vases with foo dog finials, ht. 13 in.; and two vases with flaring rims, ht. 9 1/4 in.; each underglaze blue decorated with scrolled foliage bordering a central male figure battling a seven headed dragon, the subject possibly from The Two Brothers by the Brothers Grimm; hatchet marks.
Estimate $2,500-4,000