A Dutch delft polychrome tulip vase, 18th century, of compressed heart shaped form with seahorse handles, the arched top with five knopped fingers centred beside four shorter fingers of similar shape, painted with a bird perched among flowering branches, the waisted rectangular foot reserved and painted with trellis borders and stylised flowerheads, 21 cm high, Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.215., no 4. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen