Frankfurt gourd vase and bowl with chinoiserie faience. The bowl in a deep bell shape with a stand ring, the vase in a girdled double gourd shape with a stand ring. Cobalt blue sharp-fire decoration. Rest of body; h. 17 cm-33.5 cm. Cf. exhibition cat. "Frankfurter Fayencen aus der Zeit des Barock", Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main 1988/89, no. 78 (Kumme dated 1669). Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - Part II. A German blue and white faience chinoiserie bowl and a pumpkin-shaped vase. Minor restored. Frankfurt am Main. Circa 1670-1700.