A Pair of Dutch Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Two-Handled Reticulated Strawberry Dishes and Stands, Mid-18th Century

of shaped oval-form, each piece painted with two vignettes of Chinoiserie figures at various pursuits, the strainer dishes with serpent-form handles and elaborate pierced scroll-form panels, with a similarly-shaped painted panel reserving flowerheads on the stands, axe marks in blue for De Porceleyne Bijl (The Porcelain Axe) factory

Width of strainer dishes 11 ¾ in.; 29.8 cm.