Live Auction 5946European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part II
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUSTARD POTS AND COVERS; AND A PAIR OF EWERS
Lot 257

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUSTARD POTS AND COVERS; AND A PAIR OF EWERS

CHONGZHEN PERIOD, CIRCA 1640-1645; AND KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Closed17 April 2014

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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUSTARD POTS AND COVERS; AND A PAIR OF EWERS
CHONGZHEN PERIOD, CIRCA 1640-1645; AND KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The mustard pots of baluster form with a loop handle, painted with lotus, one also with chrysanthemum, the other with magnolia; and a pair of ewers painted with floral motifs
5½ in. (14 cm.) and 6¾ in. (17.4 cm.) high

The mustard pots: Acquired from Pieter Hoogendijk Antiquair, Baarn, in 1990.

Specialist note

Mustard pots similar to those in this lot were found amongst the 'Hatcher' cargo, which was salvaged in 1983 and sold at Christie's Amsterdam on 14 March 1984, lots 104-5. Amongst the cargo were two pieces bearing the cyclical date for 1643. See David S. Howard, Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, no. 132, p. 129 for a discussion on mustard pots of this date, and T. Volker, Porcelain and the Dutch East India Company, Leiden, 1954, p.43 where it is reported that the VOC ordered 200 mustard pots in 1639.