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MINATURE VASE
ITEM: 4534
PRICE £: 300
DATE: Kangxi
SIZE: 3.5” high
DESCRIPTION: Slender shape with pairs of ladies “Long Elizas” (see text) admiring Flowers. Of very good colour and an extremely tactile piece.
No Mark.
CONDITION: Perfect.
Long Eliza or Lange Lijzen The name Long Eliza comes from the Dutch for the tall, elegant ladies depicted on porcelains of the late 17th C “Lange Lijzen” and with the help of Chinese whispers we must assume the English translation was made to fit the bill.
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KO-SOMETSUKE DISH
ITEM: 4584
PRICE: £210
DATE: Circa 1620 -1640
SIZE: 3.5” Square.
DISCRIPTION : Ko-Sometsuke (made for the Japanese Market) Small dish with the Three friends design and canted corners. Wonderful transitional Ming
Glaze and simple but effective painting and a pleasing shape combine to give this small square dish a good ‘feel’.
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