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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Art of Tea | |||
| Auctioneer: | Chiswick Auctions | Location: | London W3 8BL |
| Contact: | Tel: +44(0)20 8992 4442 | ||
| Date: | 3rd November 2015 | Time: | 2:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing: Sunday 1st November 12 noon to 6pm Monday 2nd November 10am to 8pm Tuesday 3rd November 9am to 11am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 1 | |||
| 260 | |||
| A KOREAN CELADON WATERPOT. Choson Period, 18th Century. The peach shaped body decorated with leaves modelled in relief, covered overall with a thick crackle glaze, the handle and S-shaped stem modelled naturalistically as a branch, 13cm H. £400-600 Literature: For related examples see The National Museum of Korea, 1991, p. 137, fig. 5; Sekai Toji Zenshu, Vol XIX, Yi Dynasty, 1980, p. 193, fig. 208 and Far Eastern Art at Spink, 1993, p. 40, cat no 45. Korean tea culture has an early history having been introduced from China in the Tang Dynasty, if not earlier. The majority of Korean celadon teapots appear to date from the Goryeo Dynasty (936-1392) with tea drinking having declined in the succeeding Joseon period (1392-1910). For a more detailed discussion see Tea Culture: the Amore Museum Permanent Collection, 2006. It is a moot point whether lot 260 would have ever been used for tea, but the object illuminates the cultural context from which the European Cadogan teapot emerged. |
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| 261 | |||
| AN AUBERGINE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED PEACH CADOGAN TEAPOT. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. The aubergine monochrome glaze which evenly covers the peach-form body, trickling over the turquoise glazed, modelled rockwork base, the handle and spout naturalistically modelled as stems with leafy branches modelled in relief where they meet the body of the vessel, 16cm H. £500-800 Literature: Compare to Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art, Hobson, 1928, cat no 308. |
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| 262 | |||
| A CHINESE PEACH FORM CADOGAN TEAPOT. 18th Century. Of pale celadon colour, with leaves and flowers modelled in relief and highlighted with underglaze red and blue, a high handle issuing from the body and terminating on the shoulder, the upright spout secured by a leaf, the top of the peach with a blushing red patch, 14cm H. £2,000-3,000 |
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| 263 | |||
| A LIME GREEN GROUND CADOGAN TEAPOT. Late Qing, 19th Century. Decorated on each side with a lotus flower between a bat and stylised shou character, and covered all over with scrolling foliage, 16cm H. £200-300 Cadogan teapots, popularised in the West by Lord Cadogan (1675-1726) to whom they owe their name, have for centuries delighted the Western market for their puzzling property of being filled through the base. Although produced primarily for the export market since the early Qing (lots 261-263), they were circulated domestically, including across the Sino-Korean peninsula (lot 260), from before the late Ming. Some have argued that these vessels were designed as waterpots due to the challenge of cleaning their interior and lot 260 provides evidence for this case. Nevertheless, their position within tea history in the West is clearly evident. |
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| 264 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CUP AND SAUCER. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi. Decorated with flower heads connected by scrolling foliage, with yu mark to base, the cup 5cm H, the saucer 11cm diameter. £100-200 |
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| 265 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER. Kangxi. Of domed lobed form with stepped shoulders and panels of flowering branches, with yu mark to base, 9cm H. £400-600 |
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| 266 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LOVERS TEABOWL AND SAUCER. Kangxi. The cups' exteriors and plates decorated with a scholar and beauty embracing in a garden setting, a border of Buddhist emblems to the interior of the cup and rim of the saucer to the exterior and exterior, Chenghua nianzhi mark to base, the cup 4cm H, the saucer 10cm diameter, (2) £600-800 |
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| 267 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FISHES TEABOWL AND SAUCER. Kangxi. The exterior and interior of the bowl and the interior of the saucer decorated with fish among reeds and foliage, yu mark to base, the cup 5cm H, the saucer 13cm diameter. (2) £200-300 |
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| 268 | |||
| A PAIR OF MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE CUPS AND SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty. 3cm H, 6.5cm diameter. £80-120 |
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| 269 | |||
| A CHINESE OCTAGONAL SECTION BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. With broad shoulders that taper towards the foot and a domed cover surmounted by a bud finial, the handle and spout of rectangular section, composed of alternating scenes of figures and flowers, 13cm H. £350-400 |
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| 270 | |||
| A CYLINDRICAL BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, c. 1790. Each side decorated with a circular medallion, the cover surmounted by a peach, the handle composed of two entwined strips, gilded in Europe at a later date, 12.5cm H. £300-400 |
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| 271 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT OF GLOBULAR FORM. Qing, 19th Century. The rounded sides decorated with alternating stylised shou and fu characters below a band of ruyi heads and above a band of lappets, with the body encasing a cylindrical liner with similar design with an S-shaped spout, a circular cover, and looped metal handles, 13cm H. £200-300 |
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| 272 | |||
| A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND RUBY CUPS AND SAUCERS. Yongzheng. The ruby saucers with a white unglazed medallion surrounded by five petal-form panels together making up a flower head, each enamelled in blue with flowers, the cups with five petal shaped panels issuing from the foot mirroring the saucers' patterns on which they sit, the cups 4cm H, the saucers 11.5cm diameter. (4) £1,000-1,500 |
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| 273 | |||
| A PAIR OF WUCAI FLUTED TEACUPS AND SAUCERS. Kangxi. The interiors and exteriors attractively painted with scrolling flowers in under-glaze blue and red, green and yellow enamels, the cups 5cm H, the saucer 13cm diameter. (4) £400-600 |
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| 274 | |||
| A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL FISHERMEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, TOGETHER WITH A FLUTED CUP AND SAUCER. The first Yongzheng, the second Qianlong. Each depicting figurative scenes of workers engaged in various pursuits, the cups 5cm H and 3.5cm H, the saucers 13cm and 11cm diameter respectively. £600-800 |
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| 275 | |||
| A PAIR OF DATED CHINESE EXPORT CUPS AND SAUCERS. Qianlong, dated 1764. The saucer and side of the cup decorated with a monogram flanked by a pair of cherubs, the cups 4cm H, the saucers 12.5cm diameter. (4) £150-250 |
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| 276 | |||
| A PAIR OF CHINESE HEXALOBED IMARI WARE TEA CUP AND SAUCER. Qing, 18th Century. The saucers and cups finely painted with three landscape scenes alternating with a floral spray and encircling a single butterfly, delicately painted and gilded, the cups 3.5cm H, the saucers 11cm diameter (4) £500-800 |
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| 277 | |||
| A CHINESE HEXALOBED DOUBLE HANDLED TREMBLEUSE CUP AND SAUCER. Qing, 18th Century. The cup and saucer decorated in enamels with figurative scenes alternated with blossoming flowers, the form possibly following a Saint Cloud original, 8cm H. £400-600 |
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| 278 | |||
| A SET OF FOUR FINELY PAINTED FLUTED FAMILLE ROSE CUPS AND SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Brightly painted with bird and flower scenes, the cups 5cm H, the saucers 13cm diameter. (8) £350-400 |
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| 279 | |||
| A 'LOVERS' TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. Of pear-shaped form, with a domed cover, decorated front and back with a scene of an amorous scholar and a lady engrossed in each other's company whilst a boy looks on from behind a tree, 10cm H. £500-800 |
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| 280 | |||
| A CHINESE ROUGE DE FER TEAPOT. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi. Of pear-shaped form, decorated in iron red and gilt with chrysanthemums and prunus over the body and domed cover, 12cm H £600-800 |
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| 281 | |||
| A CHINESE COCKEREL JUG AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. The body decorated with a pair of cockerels each raised on a blue rocky outcrop, below a grisaille diaper border repeated on the cover and embellished with gilded floral patterns, 12.5cm H. £800-1,200 |
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| 282 | |||
| A PAIR OF BLACK GROUND TEAPOTS AND COVERS WITH MATCHING SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. Decorated with two colourful landscape panels reserved on black ground interspersed with scrolling green foliage and chrysanthemum heads, the covers and saucers centred with a moulded pink chrysanthemum head, the underside of each teapot modelled as a further flower head with moulded overlapping white petals, the teapots 12cm H, the saucers 14cm diameter. (4) £1,500-2,000 |
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| 283 | |||
| A CHINESE GLOBULAR "JUDGES OF PARIS" TEAPOT AND COVER. Qianlong, c.1750 Depicting a scene of Athenia, Hera and Aphrodite displaying their beauty in front of a seated figure of Paris, 16cm H. £400-500 Literature: For a similar example see Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics-From the Peabody Essex Museum, Sargent, 2012, p XXX. |
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| 284 | |||
| A CHINESE COCKEREL AND PEONY TEAPOT AND COVER, MOUNTED IN EUROPEAN SILVER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. The globular body enamelled with cockerels amongst rockwork and peonies, the cover is modelled as a chrysanthemum head, as is the base which rests on a tripod stand moulded in high relief as tendrils emanating from the loop handle and terminating in floral buds and leaves, 11cm H. £500-800 |
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| 285 | |||
| A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL QUATREFOIL TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. With upright handle, painted in famille rose enamels with panels of birds and flowers, 18.5cm H. £1,000-2,000 |
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| 286 | |||
| A CHINESE BROWN GLAZED BISCUIT LOOP HANDLED HEXAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi. With upright handle, the body divided into moulded panels composed of bird and flower scenes, 15cm H. £3,000-5,000 |
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| 287 | |||
| A CHINESE RECTANGULAR PEWTER TEAPOT AND COVER TOGETHER WITH A CIRCULAR TEA CADDY AND COVER. Late Qing. The body of the lobed loop-handled teapot with incised decoration of pairs of birds among prunus and peonies raised on four short feet, impressed guangxing he zao mark to base, 18cm H, the tea caddy decorated with orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemum and plum blossom, together known as the four gentlemen, impressed jian cun zi zao mark to base, 10cm H. (2). £200-300 |
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| 288 | |||
| A CHINESE PEWTER TEA CADDY AND COVER. c. 1900. Of rectangular section, the concave faces decorated with alternating panels of an eagle swooping on a mouse and a leopard chasing a rabbit, the circular cover with a cha character within a decorative border, 11cm H. £300-500 |
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| 289 | |||
| A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER DOUBLE LOZENGE BOGU TEA CADDY. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century. The caddy encasing a pewter interior and decorated on the surface with the hundred treasures motif among flowers and decorative borders, 15.5cm H. £1,200-1,500 |
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| 290 | |||
| A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEA CADDY. Qing Dynasty, c. 1770. Of rectangular form, enamelled with a central purple flower surrounded by white scrolling floral patterns on a blue ground, the cylindrical neck with a reticulated wooden cover, 17cm H. £400-600 |
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| 291 | |||
| A CHINESE RECTANGULAR YIXING SHRIMP TEA CADDY WITH CIRCULAR NECK. Late Qing, 19th Century. Decorated with a single circular panel, with carved decoration of a pair of shrimps among slip painted waves, 15cm H. £500-700 |
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| 292 | |||
| A FAMILLE ROSE TEA CADDY AND COVER. Circa 1740. Of rectangular section with cut corners and a cylindrical neck, enamelled with flowering peonies, 12cm H. £400-600 |
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| 293 | |||
| A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEA CADDIES. Qing Dynasty, c. 1780-90. Of rectangular section with arching top and cylindrical neck, decorated on either sides with a landscape scene hand painted in underglaze cobalt blue in imitation of English transfer-print ware, themselves adapted from Chinese landscape scenes, 12cm H. (2) £300-500 |
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| 294 | |||
| A DOUBLE PHOENIX CANTON ENAMEL TEA CANISTER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of rectangular section with a stepped foot, two faces painted with a pair of addorsed birds each carrying a flower in the beak, their overlapping bodies enclosing a pomegranate shaped panel containing a panel of flowers and butterflies, a further panel on the adjoining sides, 19.5cm H. £2,000-3,000 |
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| 295 | |||
| A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEA CADDY AND COVER ENAMELLED WITH A LADY AND HER DOG. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng. Of ovoid shape, with a short tapering neck, on a high spreading foot encircled by scroll-work applied in relief, with domed lid with knob finial, the lady seated on a daybed, a pile of books beside her, 13cm H. £150-250 |
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| 296 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOGU DECORATED TEA CADDY AND COVER. Late Qing, 19th Century. Of compressed hexagonal section, the main faces painted with the hundred treasures motif, the remaining faces painted with birds, flowers, butterflies and peaches. The shoulders and cylindrical cover painted with butterflies, 24.5cm H. £200-300 |
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| 297 | |||
| A CHINESE JADE MUGHAL STYLE TEAPOT AND COVER. Late Qing, 19th Century. The compressed globular body supported on a short foot, set with a tapering spout opposite a loop handle , the body finely carved around the exterior with lotus flower heads from which emanate floral spray, the domed cover, similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud-form finial, the stone an even pale whitish celadon colour, 7cm H. £2,000-3,000 |
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| 298 | |||
| A SPINACH GREEN JADE TEABOWL AND COVER. Qianlong. Rising from a short waisted foot, with flaring rim, the domed cover surmounted by a circular finial echoing the foot, the translucent green jade with charcoal and milk white inclusions, 8cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £1,000-2,000 |
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| 299 | |||
| A CHINESE AGATE TEAPOT AND COVER. Late Qing, 19th Century. Raised on tripod feet, with rectilinear handle, the body with rings of lappets to the base, shoulder and cover, with a panel on either side, one depicting a deer, the other gnarled pines, 13.5cm H. £300-500 Agate teapots are rare. A related example with an identical handle is held by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (Late Chinese Jades-Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2007, cat no 117). However, the present piece is unusual for its tripod feet which recall wine vessels. The artistic cross fertilisation between wine and tea drinking ware has been well documented (for example, see Tea in China: a Religious and Cultural History, Benn, 2015). |
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| 300 | |||
| A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA WINE POT AND COVER. Late Ming, early 17th Century. Of cylindrical form, with chilong handle, spout and finial to the cover, covered in a creamy white glaze, 17cm H. £3,000-5,000 For two related examples see In Pursuit of Antiquities, Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, 1995, cat no 132, and Anthology of Chinese art : Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, 1986, cat no 164. |
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| 301 | |||
| AN INSCRIBED CHINESE JIANYAO TEABOWL. Song. Of deep rounded form with steep sides and a groove below the rim, covered with a thick lustrous deep black glaze and a network of fine oily veins, carved gongyu mark to base, 6cm H, 12cm diameter. £200-300 Song Dynasty teabowls, of the types represented here, were made for both domestic consumption and for export to Japan where they were highly prized. Lot 301, the Jian teabowl, a type known in Japan as tenmoku is marked below, gongyu, which translates as Imperial tribute. It is well documented that such pieces were sent as tribute to the court. That such pieces were enjoyed by the highest Imperial levels is clear from the writings of Emperor Huizong which particularly praise hare fur glazed Jian teabowls (see Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers. Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Mowry, 1996, p. 207). |
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| 302 | |||
| A RARE HENAN WHITE RIM RUSSET-STRIPED BLACK GLAZED BOWL. Northern Song Dynasty. Of deep rounded form with everted rim, supported on a short foot covered with a thick black glaze, the interior with twenty eight evenly spaced reddish-brown splashes around a central elevated rim, the bowl's rim with a well controlled band of white slip extending over the lip, 15cm diameter. £2,000-3,000 Literature: For a related example see Hare's Fur Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, no 58, pp 169 - 170 |
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| 303 | |||
| A CHINESE QINGBAI TEABOWL. Northern Song. Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising to a slightly inverted rim and supported on a straight footring, a wide network of crackle covers the interior and part of the exterior, 8cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £1,000-2,000 |
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| 304 | |||
| A CHINESE JIANYAO TEABOWL Song. Of conical form, supported on a slightly flaring footring, and covered with a lustrous dark brownish black glaze, 6cm H, 12.5cm diameter. £1,000-2,000 |
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| 305 | |||
| A CHINESE JIAN HARE'S FUR BOWL. Song Dynasty. With deeply rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a lip bordered with a thin concave groove, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze suffused with russet 'hare's fur' streaks extending from the rim down the interior and exterior, the glaze terminating in thick drops short of the foot revealing the greyish-brown stoneware body, 8cm H, 13cm diameter. £1,000-2,000 |
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| 306 | |||
| A YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL Northern Song. With conical sides raised on a low foot rising to an everted rim, the interior carved with a pattern of narrow overlapping petals radiating from a central medallion, itself formed of a ring of carved overlapping petals, 4.5cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £1,200-1,500 |
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| 307 | |||
| A CHINESE JIZHOU TEABOWL. Song. The interior and exterior with a blackish-brown glaze ending on the lower body to expose the buff ware, 5cm H, 11cm diameter. £400-600 |
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| 308 | |||
| A CHINESE JIANYAO CHOCOLATE BROWN GLAZED TEABOWL. Song. With rounded sides raised on a straight footring, covered with a thick even brownish glaze, 6cm H, 12cm diameter. £700-900 |
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| 309 | |||
| A CHINESE HARE FUR GLAZED BOWL. Song. With flared sides, covered with a glossy deep brown glaze with unevenly distributed light brown undertones, 5cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £200-300 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Art of Tea | |||
| Auctioneer: | Chiswick Auctions | Location: | London W3 8BL |
| Contact: | Tel: +44(0)20 8992 4442 | ||
| Date: | 3rd November 2015 | Time: | 2:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing: Sunday 1st November 12 noon to 6pm Monday 2nd November 10am to 8pm Tuesday 3rd November 9am to 11am |
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