A delftware flower pot 1st half 18th century

A delftware flower pot 1st half 18th century, Dutch or English, painted in blue with Chinese figures in a garden setting, moulded with mask handles, the flared foot painted with a band of stiff leaves and pierced with a row of drainage holes, and a two-handled vase of baluster form, painted with a bird amidst flowering branches, with scroll handles and a tall flared foot, some damages and restoration, 15.2cm max. (2)

Provenance: respectively acquired from Christie's, 29th March 1971, lot 38; and Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 120 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.