Rachel Hyman
Department Director
A European private collection of jade and hardstone vessels (lots 349-362)
Lot 352
A green jade hexagonal teapot 17th/18th century
5 – 6 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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Asian Condition Reports (UK)
A green jade hexagonal teapot
17th/18th century
The large vessel carved to each face in low relief with tablets alternatively enclosing cursive script passages and landscapes, flanked with a loop handle and s-shaped spout, each with a carved beast mask at the hip, raised on a foot rim with further key-fret border; with a matched bowenite lid, 19th/20th century. 23.5cm (9 1/4in) wide (2).
The large vessel carved to each face in low relief with tablets alternatively enclosing cursive script passages and landscapes, flanked with a loop handle and s-shaped spout, each with a carved beast mask at the hip, raised on a foot rim with further key-fret border; with a matched bowenite lid, 19th/20th century. 23.5cm (9 1/4in) wide (2).
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Provenance
A German private collection, acquired in the 1950s and 60s, and thence by descent.
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