Dutch Delftware tulip vase with 5 pipes

For sale a very beautiful Dutch Delft tulip vase in earthenware with a baluster shape resting on a rectangular pedestal base, fitted with two volute handles and five tubes, decorated in blue with landscapes on both sides. Condition: very good condition/like new. Vase entirely hand painted (signature below Delft hand painted) Signed and numbered below. Dimensions. Width 20cm. Height 20cm. Depth 12cm. Weight: 800g. This type of vase is also called a tulip pot. It is a decorative vase used to place flowers in the necks. Designed in Holland in the 17th century, tulip pots were used to display the precious flowers then grown in the United Provinces. If they take their name from tulips, they also received hyacinths, anemones and other flowers. Each neck, also called a tube, held a cut flower, of which only the corolla remained visible. The separate openings highlight the flowers and each vase is a true work of art. Fast and careful shipping or hand delivery.