A ‘RED’ YIXING HEXAGONAL TEAPOT
Kangxi period, each side moulded with flowers on a diaper-patterned ground, wooden scroll handle and silver spout, 17.8cm long
Provenance: The Arthur J. Harris Collection.
Illustrated Patrice Valfré, Yixing Teapots for Europe, no. 205.
Bt. Woolley & Wallis, 15th November 2011, lot 150.
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£200 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£1,400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
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similar press-moulded hexagonal teapot is illustrated by William Sargent in
"Treasures of Export Ceramics in the Peabody Museum no. 109, p.227. Having
late 17th century Dutch mounts, he dates it circa 1685-1700. Another
is illustrated in Nicholas de Blégny's "Le Bon Usage du Thé, du Caffe et
du Chocolat" 1867 5th
figure in Phillip Allen's lecture to the OCS on 9th May 1989, Transactions
1988-1999 p.89, also Patricia Fergusson on p.29.
