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Plate with "Long Eliza" figures
Chinese Export
Kangxi period
about 1700-10
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue decoration
Dimensions
Diam. 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.585
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionPlate with broad rim decorated with eight panels, each with pairs of elongated figures of women ("lange lijzen"). The center well of the plate contains two women framed by trees looking at a central pot with flowering plants on a wooden stand.
Marks
Kangxi reign mark in underglaze blue on underside
InscriptionsLabels of Jorge Welsh and the G. Ephis Collection on the underside.
Provenance2005, sold by Jorge Welsh (dealer), London, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).