Kangxi and Chongzhen
The first of globular form with moulded petal-form panels variously enclosing ladies and flowering jardinieres on stands in gardens, with a European silver mounted cover; the second of baluster form decorated with flowering lotus plants and chrysanthemum sprays, the cover with an open cylindrical finial.
The tallest: 13.7cm (5 3/8in) high. (3).
Footnotes
清康熙及明崇禎 青花芥末罐兩件
Provenance: R & G McPherson Antiques, London (both pots)(labels)
Nicholas Panes, London, collection no.54 (the baluster pot)(label)
Acquired from Nicholas Panes, London, November 2021 (both pots)(collector's notes)
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.314
For a blue and white porcelain mustard pot and cover of this type dated to c.1635-1645 see, , Shanghai, 2006, p.88, pl.45.