Olivia Xu
Associate Specialist
PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION 王子藏品
Lot 87*
A VERY RARE YIXING STONEWARE ENAMELLED TEAPOT AND COVER Qianlong seal mark and of the period
16 May 2024, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £40,000
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Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
A VERY RARE YIXING STONEWARE ENAMELLED TEAPOT AND COVER
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Elegantly potted of compressed globular form, applied with a prominent loop handle opposite a short tapering spout, the stoneware vibrantly enamelled around the exterior with stylised chrysanthemums and other flowers highlighted in red, white, yellow, and green against a rich cobalt-blue background, classic scroll motifs adorn the foot and neck, with additional embellishments including a ruyi-lappet collar on the shoulder, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a compressed finial, similarly decorated, the base left bare revealing the reddish-brown body and impressed with six-character seal mark 18cm (7 1/8in) wide. (2).
Elegantly potted of compressed globular form, applied with a prominent loop handle opposite a short tapering spout, the stoneware vibrantly enamelled around the exterior with stylised chrysanthemums and other flowers highlighted in red, white, yellow, and green against a rich cobalt-blue background, classic scroll motifs adorn the foot and neck, with additional embellishments including a ruyi-lappet collar on the shoulder, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a compressed finial, similarly decorated, the base left bare revealing the reddish-brown body and impressed with six-character seal mark 18cm (7 1/8in) wide. (2).
Footnotes
清乾隆 紫泥藍地粉彩菊花紋壺
「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Provenance: Mr & Mrs Gerard Hawthorn, London
Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 251
A Princely collection
來源： 倫敦Gerard Hawthorn伉儷
香港邦瀚斯，2011年11月28日，拍品編號251
王子藏品
The present lot is extremely rare, and no similar example appears to have been published. Yixing teapots were enamelled usually to resemble cloisonné or black lacquer to appeal to the playful tastes of the Qing Court. See for example, the pair of Yixing melon-shaped teapots enamelled with gold on a turquoise ground in the manner of cloisonné enamel, Qianlong seal marks and of the period, illustrated in Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2007, pp.60-61, no.17. See other examples enamelled to appear like black lacquer with gilt decoration, Qianlong seal marks and of the period, illustrated in Ibid., nos.18 and 19.
See a related large enamelled Yixing teapot and cover, circa 1820, which was sold at Bonhams Edinburgh, 18 November 2015, lot 354.
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