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At the beginning of the 18th century, there was a fashion among wealthy Dutch ladies to have models made on the scale of a house, the so called "doll's houses". The rooms of these doll's houses were furnished with miniature pieces of porcelain, furniture, paintings, upholstery and all other sorts of objects that would have belonged to the interior of a wealthy home. These doll's houses were very costly and certainly not meant for children to play with but were proudly displayed for friends and visitors and regarded as extremely luxurious items - counterparts of the cabinets of curiosities that were a fashionable hobby of rich men. Only a few of these doll's houses have been preserved. One example can be found in the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague showing an 18th century room with porcelain miniatures in cupboards and on brackets along the wall. In reality the majority of these "miniature doll's house vases" would have been part of the interior. A good example of an authentic porcelain room is the famous cabinet in Pommersfelden Castle, Germany, where groups of pieces on brackets are surrounded by these miniature vases lining the borders of the consoles. (Jörg & Flecker 2001, pp.50-51)
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Object 2010157A/B/C
Three miniature "doll's house" vases
China
1700-1720
2010157A: height 90 mm (3.54 inch), diameter 32 mm (1.26 inch), diameter of mouthrim 8 mm (0.32 inch), diameter of base 20 mm ( 0.79 inch)
Three miniature "doll's house" vases on flat unglazed bases. All fitted with an unmarked silver neck. Decorated in underglaze blue with flowering plants and a single butterfly. On the necks two flower sprays.
Among the ceramic cargo of the Ca Mau shipwreck (1725) identical shaped miniature doll's house vases decorated with stylised flowers and foliage within fine borders were found. (Amsterdam 2007, p.186)
Condition: Two vases each have a frit to the outside rim (only visible under the silver neck), one with a glaze rough spot to the foot.
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Price: Sold.
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Objects 2011113 and 2011114
A pair of double-gourd "miniature doll's" house vases
China
1700-1720
2011113 Height 68 mm (2.68 inch), diameter 35 mm (1.38 inch), diameter of mouthrim 12 mm (0.47 inch), diameter of footring 11 mm (0.43 inch)
2011114 Height: 68 mm (2.68 inch), diameter 33 mm (1.30 inch), diameter of mouthrim 12 mm (0.47 inch),
diameter of footring 11 mm (0.43 inch)
A pair of double-gourd, miniature "doll's house" vases on footrings. The rim in underglaze brown (jia mangkou). Decorated in underglaze blue and celadon. The globular lower parts in a celadon ground, on the shoulders a trellis pattern border with four cartouches each filled with a single flower head. The central parts are decorated with a trellis pattern border and the tall flaring necks with hanging leaves. (Sargent 2012, p.183)
Condition:
2011113: A frit to the inner footring.
2011114: Shallow glaze frits, a chip and a fleabite to the central part.
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Objects 2010215F and 2010215G
A pair of miniature "doll's house" vases
China
1700-1720
2010215F: Height 66 mm (2.60 inch), diameter 31 mm (1.22 inch), diameter of mouthrim 16 mm (0.63 inch), diameter of footring 17 mm (0.67 inch)
2010215G: Height 70 mm (2.76 inch), diameter 33 mm (1.30 inch), diameter of mouthrim 15 mm (0.59 inch), diameter of footring 19 mm (0.75 inch)
A pair of miniature "doll's house" vases with bulb necks on footrings. Decorated in underglaze-blue with a continuous decoration of antiquities. Round the shoulders a small border with zig-zag lines. The necks are decorated with three rows of lotus leaves.
Condition:
2010215F: Three tiny shallow glaze rough spots round the rim, and two tiny firing flaws to the outer rim.
2010215G: Two shallow glaze rough spots round the rim, a firing flaw to the body and some popped bubbles of glaze just above the footring.
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Price: Sold.
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Objects 2010854 and 2010855
A pair of double-gourd "miniature doll's" house vases
China
c.1700
2010854 Height: 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter 22 mm (0.87 inch), diameter of mouthrim 5 mm (0.19 inch), diameter of footring 14 mm (0.55 inch)
2010855 Height 47 mm (1.85 inch), diameter 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of mouthrim 7 mm (0.28 inch), diameter of footring 14 mm (0.55 inch)
A pair of double-gourd, miniature "doll's house" vases with moulded form on flat unglazed bases. The rims in underglaze brown (jia mangkou). Decorated in underglaze blue with a single flower spray in each moulded panel. On the necks a single flower spray. (Sargent 2012, p.183)
Condition:
2010854: Perfect.
2010855: A glaze hairline only visible on the outside.
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Price: Sold.
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Objects 2010661A and 2010662A
A pair miniature "doll's house" vases
China
1700-1720
2010661A Height 53 mm (2.08 inch), diameter 28 mm (1.10 inch), diameter of mouthrim 7 mm (0.30 inch), diameter of foot: 19 mm (0.74 inch)
2010662A Height 56 mm (2.20 inch), diameter 29 mm (1.14 inch), diameter of mouthrim 7 mm (0.30 inch), diameter of foot 17 mm (0.67 inch)
A pair of miniature "doll's house" vases on unglazed bases. Decorated in underglaze-blue with flowering plants and flying insects. On the necks two flower sprays and around the rims a zig-zag lines pattern border.
Condition:
2010661A: Two rough glaze spots to the body and some glaze rough spots to the underside of the belly caused by popped bubbles of glaze during to the firing process.
2011662A: A glaze rough spot to the underside of the belly and a shallow frit or firing flaw to the rim.
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Price: Sold.
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Object 2010637
A miniature "doll's house" vase
China
c.1700
Height 47 mm (1.85 inch), diameter 22 mm (0.87 inch), diameter of rim 6 mm (0.24 inch), diameter of base 14 mm (0.55 inch), weight 15 grams (0.53 ounce (oz.))
Moulded miniature "doll's house" vase on a flat unglazed base. Decorated in underglaze blue, on the body moulded panels filled with flowering branches and stems, the long neck is undecorated.
Condition: Perfect.
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Object 2012022
A miniature "doll's house" vase
China
c.1700
Height 53 mm (2.09 inch), diameter 26 mm (1.02 inch), diameter of mouthrim 4 mm (0.16 inch), diameter of base 15 mm (0.59 inch)
Moulded miniature "doll's house" vase on a flat unglazed base. Decorated in underglaze blue. Four moulded panels are filled with a standing "Long Eliza figure and two with a flower spray. On the neck two flower sprays.
This decoration shows one of the most popular motifs of that time, the slender Chinese woman, holding a flower. In Dutch she was called a Lange Lijs, which became 'Long Eliza' in English. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.101)
Condition: Perfect.
References:
Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 91
Price: Sold.
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Object 2010157D
A miniature "doll's house" vase
China
c.1700
Height 52 mm (2.05 inch), diameter 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of mouthrim 12 mm (0.47 inch), diameter of base 17 mm (0.67 inch)
Moulded miniature "doll's house" vase on flat unglazed base. Fitted with an unmarked silver mount. Decorated in underglaze blue with six moulded panels filled with flowers sprays. Around the neck a two flower sprays.
Condition: A frit with a tiny hairline to the outside rim (only visible under the silver neck).
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Price: Sold.
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Object 2012021
A miniature "doll's house" vase
China
1700-1720
Height 52 mm (2.04 inch), diameter 28 mm (1.10 inch), diameter of mouthrim 5 mm (0.20 inch), diameter of foot 14 mm (0.55 inch)
A miniature "doll's house" vase on footring. Decorated in underglaze-blue with flowering plants and a tied ribbon.
Condition: Perfect.
Price: Sold.
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Object 2012023
Double-gourd vase
China
1700-1720
Height 53 mm (2.09 inch), diameter 25 mm (0.98 inch), diameter of mouthrim 5 mm (0.20 inch), diameter of foot 15 mm (0.59 inch)
A double-gourd miniature "doll's house" vase on a flat unglazed base. Decorated in underglaze blue with two floral sprays. Around the neck two flower sprays.
Condition: Perfect.
Price: Sold.
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