A RARE ARITA GILT-METAL MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE STYLE TEAPOT
late 17th – early 18th century, the ovoid body with two inset heart-shaped relief-decorated cavities, one showing a lion beside flowers, the other with flowers among rocks, surrounded by leafy tendrils, the shoulder with a foliate diaper band, the foot painted to suggest a lotus flower, flanked by a loop handle and bamboo-form spout; the cover, handle and spout with Dutch gilt-metal mounts, each with a figural finial and joined by a chain, 15.9cm long
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£300 - £500
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£2,600 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: The Gillingham Collection, Sotheby’s
London, 19th April 2000, lot 410.
Exhibited: "The World in Colours", Oriental Ceramic
Society Exhibition, 2006, no.153.
Literature: For a comparable teapot with gilt-metal mounts in a
Dutch private collection see Jorg, C., Fine & Curious, 2003, no.243.
Also, a pair of similar teapots converted to oil lamps and also with gilt-metal
mounts are extant in the collection at the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at
Wilanow, Warsaw, Poland (Wil.2600/1-2).
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