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KANGXI BLUE & WHITE SILVER-MOUNTED PORCELAIN TEA CADDY
China, c1700 , The Mounts, Dutch, 1853

 

 

 

The ovoid jar painted in bright underglaze blues with two "Long Eliza" figures on a fenced garden terrace,
sided by blue hollow rocks, one issuing a large blooming plantain, the other possibly a blooming lingzhi,
the neck and footrim each with silver mounts, the footrim engraved,
the whole surmounted by a domed silver cover with free-standing finial of a flower (hibiscus?)
on a curled stem issuing from three leaves;
the mounts Dutch : Possibly Johannes Mattheus van Kempen Jr. using this mark in Utrecht 1838-1854

 

Note :
The "Long Eliza" depiction of a slender Chinese lady with a flower
was very popular one on both Kangxi and later European porcelains.
In The Netherlands, she was named 'Lange Lijs', which became 'Long Eliza' in English

 

Condition : Excellent

 

5-1/8" High

 

SOLD

 

#7213a

 

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Also See :

 

A COLLECTION OF KANGXI BLUE & WHITE SILVER MOUNTED PORCELAINS -

 

Including A Short Article

 

 

Left to Right :

 

 Kangxi Scarce Silver-Mounted Blue & White Mustard Pot, c1700

Kangxi Silver-Mounted Blue & White Footed Jar, c1700

Kangxi Silver-Mounted Blue & White Bottle Vase, c1700

Kangxi Silver-Mounted Large Blue & White Bottle Vase, c1690

Kangxi Silver-Mounted Blue & White Moulded Tea Caddy

Kangxi Silver-Mounted Blue & White Porcelain "Long Eliza" Tea Caddy

 

 

  

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Kangxi Silver-Mounted Blue & White Long Eliza Tea Caddy, Mounts van Kempen