A Della Robbia Pottery Irish Clay bottle vase by J Delahunt, dated 1902, the pear shaped body with knopped neck and flaring top rim, modelled in low relief with two Art Nouveau maidens holding diaphanous scarves, dancing before the rising sun, inscribed to lower band Who Teaches Beauty Teaches Holiness, glazed in colours, incised DR Irish Clay, dated 1902 and incised signature, paper US import label and DRC collection label, restoration to top rim and knop of neck, 38.5cm. high Provenance The David Coachworth and Peter Myers Collection.

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