M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS

 

 

KANGXI SILVER-MOUNTED LONG ELIZA MUSTARD POT & COVER
China, c1680-1722

 


 

The lidded jar painted in bright blues with panels of the 'Long Eliza'* figure in a fenced garden,

and a jardinière of flowers on a table top, the shoulders with prunus sprays,
the cover with two panels of flowerheads alternating with two figural panels of the 'Dancing Boy'*,

surmounted by a round knop;
the neck with a foliate-engraved silver collar with hook the silver belcher-type chain
attached to the cover knop; the verso with an artemesia leaf in underglaze blue

 

* 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', or 'Lange Lijzen',
which became 'Long Eliza' in English.
The motif is frequently combined with that of the 'Dancing Boy',
('Zotje') as shown here, as on this particular mustard pot.

 

Condition : Excellent; firing crack to the glaze at handle base.

 
3.5" High

 

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#7220 

 

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Also See :

 

 

Shown With A

KANGXI BLUE & WHITE MOULDED & SHAPED 'LANGE LIJZEN' DISH

 

China, c1700, Lange Lijzen (Long Eliza), with Jade mark verso

 

AND

 

A RARE KANGXI CHINESE IMARI MUSTARD POT with PIERCED LID,

 

 Made For The "Western Market", C1680-1722 :

 

Kangxi Chinese Imari Mustard Pot and Pierced Cover In the Western Form, China, c1662-1722

 

 


 

 

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Kangxi Blue & White Silver-Mounted Long Eliza Mustard Pot, c1700