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Objects 2010201A and 2010201B

Pair of miniature beaker vases

China

1730-1740

2010201A: height 80 mm (3.15 inch), diameter of mouthrim 50 mm (1.97 inch), diameter of footring 30 mm (1.18 inch)

2010201B: height 80 mm (3.15 inch), diameter of mouthrim 45 mm (1.77 inch), diameter of footring 30 mm (1.18 inch)

A pair of miniature beaker vases on footrings. Chinese Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red and gold with a continuous decoration of a flowering wisteria growing from rocks.

Beaker vases like these would most likely have been part of a miniature garniture consisting of three covered jars and two beaker vases. Porcelain miniatures were popular in The Netherlands, where they were used to furnish doll's houses, which were not children's playthings but professionally furnished replicas of townhouses. In general, miniatures were included in groups of decorative porcelain placed on shelves, brackets and consoles in the Dutch interior, or in the porcelain rooms of the grand houses, such as those still in Pommersfelden and Charlottenburg. Germany. (Jörg 2003/1, cat. 238)

Condition:

2010201A: A frit to the foot.

2010201B: Two fleabites to the foot.

Reference:

Jörg 2003/1, cat. 238

Price: Sold.