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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 2 | |||
| 310 | |||
| A CHINESE BRONZE HEXALOBED CUP STAND. Song Dynasty. The hollow-centred cup stand comprising of a bowl with rounded sides collared with a six-lobed dish with upward curving sides, supported on a tall flaring foot, 14.5cm diameter. £2,000-3,000 |
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| 311 | |||
| A JAPANESE TEABOWL, CHAWAN. Edo Period (1770-1811). Of irregular cylindrical shape, raised on a cylindrical foot and attractively glazed in red and black with veins of gold and silver repairs, indistinctly signed above the foot in a cursive hand, attributed to Raku Ryonyu (1756-1834), 9th generation of the Raku family, 10cm H, 12 cm diameter. £800-1,200 Provenance: With Nihon Yoken, 1990s. |
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| 312 | |||
| A JAPANESE BLACK GLAZED TEABOWL, CHAWAN. Edo Period (1770-1811). Of irregular cylindrical form, raised on an unglazed circular foot, covered with a thick lustrous black glaze, impressed Raku mark to base, 6cm H, 8.5cm diameter. £200-300 |
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| 313 | |||
| A JAPANESE SETO TEA JAR, CHAIRE, AND COVER. 17th Century. Of tall, irregularly shaped cylindrical form, decorated with an ochre glaze with a network of crackle falling to the short foot, with a turned ivory cover, surmounted by a circular finial, 11cm H. £400-600 |
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| 314 | |||
| A JUN STYLE TEABOWL. Early 20th Century. The tall sided cup covered with an attractive purple streaky glaze which runs down just above the unglazed foot, 8.5cm diameter. £200-300 Japanese tea-drinking traditions date back to before the Song Dynasty, and Song ceramics have had an undeniable influence on the aesthetic of much Japanese teaware. Raku ware, for example, with its lustrous lead glazes, and understated form, elegantly channels the aesthetic of its Song Dynasty forefathers, whilst also embodying its own distinctive style. |
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| 315 | |||
| A JAPANESE SATSUMA WARE TEA SET. Late 19th Century. Comprising twelve cups, saucers and plates, a teapot and cover and a sugar bowl and cover, all densely enamelled and gilded with flowers, the interiors with a single butterfly, each piece marked Terashiyama to the base. (40) Provenance: Sold together with the original letter and envelope from Santo & Sons, Nagasaki, Japan to Mrs J A Williamson, Shanghai, dated 1937 and discussing its shipment from Japan back to England. £200-300 |
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| 316 | |||
| A PAIR OF JAPANESE TINWARE KETTLES. 20th Century. Of cylindrical section with a rounded foot, with hinged loop handles, 12cm H. (2) £200-300 |
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| 317 | |||
| TWO BAMBOO TEA SCOOPS. Decorated on one side with floral decoration, 18 / 15.5cm long. (2) £200-300 |
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| 318 | |||
| A JAPANESE IRON TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. 20th Century. With sloping shoulders the body covered with a raised hailstone pattern, swing handle and separate lid, mark below the spout, 14cm H. £80-120 |
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| 319 | |||
| A JAPANESE IRON KETTLE. 20th Century. With sloping shoulders the body covered with a raised hailstone pattern, swing handle and separate lid, mark below the spout, 14cm H. 15cm H. £80-120 |
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| 320 | |||
| A JAPANESE IRON SQUARE SECTION TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. 19th Century. Of cuboidal form, raised on a short foot, with a swing handle and sunken circular bronze cover with circular tsmami, with a rough stone-like finish, marked to the right of the spout, youci ming, 23.5cm H £200-300 |
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| 321 | |||
| A JAPANESE IRON HEXAGONAL SECTION TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. Edo, 18th / 19th Century. With a short body, raised on a tapering foot, with swing handle, the body decorated with a continuous pattern of a scrolling dragon, the sunken circular bronze cover with a floral tsmami, decorated with a dragon among scrolling clouds, the cover marked longwentang zao, 23cm H. £200-300 |
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| 322 | |||
| A JAPANESE IRON TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. Edo. 18th / 19th Century. The fat body with sloping shoulders, supported by tripod feet, the body separated into four compartments, two decorated, one with melons, the other with birds in flight, the bronze cover supported on a rim with a ribbed band, with swing handle and surmounted by a hexagonal section tsmami, the cover marked shouxiangtang zao, 24.5cm H. £200-300 |
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| 323 | |||
| A JAPANESE IRON HEXAGONAL BASKET WEAVE EFFECT TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. 19th Century. The body separated into twelve compartments by raised bands, each containing a raised herringbone pattern, with circular bronze cover, marked guizhitang zao, 24cm H. £200-300 |
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| 324 | |||
| A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing, 18th Century. Of globular form, with drooping spout, decorated with bamboos and peonies issuing from behind a rock, 15cm H. £200-300 |
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| 325 | |||
| TWO CHINESE IMARI TEAPOTS. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi. Of globular form, decorated with flowers, 14 / 11cm H. (2) Provenance: One with Podesta Collection label. £200-300 |
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| 326 | |||
| A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of lobed globular form, decorated with panels of gardens and flowers, 12cm H. £400-600 |
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| 327 | |||
| A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of squat globular form, decorated with floral bouquets below a band of ruyi heads, 10cm H. £250-300 The influence of Chinese teaware material culture on Japan is clear, but influences also travelled in the opposite direction. During the political turmoil between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Japanese Imari porcelain, with its distinctive palette, became a popular subsitute for Chinese porcelain exported to the West. When stability returned to China therefore, they capitalised for the newfound Western appetite for Imari style decoration by creating Chinese Imari-style ware. Chinese Imari ware ranged from the rapidly painted teapots (lots 324-328) to much finer works of meticulous detail (lot 276). |
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| 328 | |||
| A CLOBBERED CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi. The globular body decorated with chrysanthemum sprays below a band of alternating ruyi head and prunus flowers, the cover with a flowering prunus branch with a circular cover finial, mounted with a European rococo style spout and reed-covered metal handle, 11cm H. £150-250 |
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| 329 | |||
| A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOYS TEA CADDY AND COVER WITH DUTCH SILVER MOUNT. Qing, Kangxi. Of tall globular form the body attractively painted with dancing boys, the rim mounted in silver and engraved, December 1855, the cover with a silver floral spray inserted as a finial, 11cm H. £800-1,200 |
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| 330 | |||
| A CLOBBERED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Of rounded rectangular form, the plush cover surmounted by a figure of Shoulao seated and holding a peach, seated on a carpet modelled in relief with stylised shou characters to the body of the teapot, mounted with an upward facing metal spout, 11cm H. £100-200 The combination of the delicacy and status of Chinese porcelain teapots in the West, and perhaps also a desire to customise, has resulted in some intriguing European embellishment of Chinese teaware including the addition of silver mounts (lots 284 and 329), the replacement of handles and spouts (lots 328 and 330) and the addition of a metal strainer to the interior of the spout (lot 283). Whilst such additions may be seen as an incongruous juxtaposition of styles, they demonstrate how teapots were treasured, personalised and thus woven into the fabric of the lives of individuals of the past. |
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| 331 | |||
| Late 20th Century. 5.5cm H / 6.5cm H. (2) Provenance: one with F.W. Sohn. £100-200 |
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| 332 | |||
| A CHINESE YIXING YU DECHANG TEAPOTAND COVER TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER. 6cm H. (2) Late 20th Century. £100-200 |
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| 333 | |||
| AN EROTIC SUBJECT TEAPOT AND COVER. Late 20th Century. Each side decorated with a scene of lovers in congress within a floral border, 8.5cm H. £200-300 |
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| 334 | |||
| A GU XIUFANG FISH FORM YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Late 20th Century. The open mouth forming the spout, and upward curving tail the handle, the scales and fins incised, and the cover surmounted by a smaller fish finial, incised gu xiufang zhi mark to base, 9cm H. £100-200 Yixing teaware has an important status within the canon of Chinese teaware pieces, being particularly exulted when they embody the individual artistic achievement of a master craftsman. Dating back into the Ming Dynasty, they have become a symbol of connoisseurly literati, their esoteric nature being compounded by the difficulty of attributions with seal marks often referencing the masters of the past. Collecting boomed in the early 20th Century, and following the reinvigoration of yixing ware production from the 1980s onwards which has also fuelled demand for characterful teapots by important makers. |
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| 335 | |||
| A YIXING TILE SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER. Early 20th Century. Of semi-circular cross-section, one side with the characters chuan hu thinly modelled in relief in seal script within a raised border, the interior of the cover with impressed da cheng mark, 10.5cm H. £100-200 |
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| 336 | |||
| THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS. 19th-20th Century. Comprising a quatralobed teapot with prunus branches modelled in relief, cover inscribed, 11cm H, a cash form teapot, 9cm H, and a tile form teapot and cover, and a tile form teapot, one side with the characters chuan hu thinly modelled in relief in seal script within a semi-circular border, the interior of the cover with impressed da cheng mark, 10.5cm H. (3) £300-500 Provenance: the first from the private collection of Jos and Carla Ott, the second two from the collection of John and Helen Bargolini, exhibited Hoghton Tower, Exhibition of Chinese Tea Ware, Yixing Purple Clay. |
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| 337 | |||
| A CHINESE YIXING KETTLE AND COVER. 20th Century. With double looped handle, and knot-form finial, wanbao mark to base, 23cm H. £200-300 |
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| 338 | |||
| A CHINESE YIXING CYLINDRICAL SECTION YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. 20th Century. Painted in black, one side with lotus leaves, the other with a landscape scene, daqing qianlong nianzhi mark to base. 7.5cm H. £300-500 |
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| 339 | |||
| A CHEN ZIQI YIXING TEAPOT TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER TEAPOT. Early 20th Century. The first with four applied three legged toads, the cover surmounted by a three legged toad, signed ziqi, 9.5 cm H / 11.5cm H. (2) £500-800 |
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| 340 | |||
| TWO CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS. 18th / 19th Century. The taller of cylindrical section with circular finial to the cover, unmarked, the smaller of squat form with carved inscription and mark to base. 9.5cm H / 6.5cm H. (2) £800-1,200 |
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| 341 | |||
| TWO YIXING TEAPOTS. 19th Century / early 20th Century. The first with dragon head spout, the cover surmounted by a fo dog, impressed pictographic mark to base, 10.5cm H, the second of hexagonal section with circular liner and cover, the body impressed with 8 Buddhist emblems, base with impressed mark, yixing zisha minghu, the cover with impressed marks chen and guangming, 12cm H. £500-800 |
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| 342 | |||
| A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER TOGETHER WITH A TEABOWL AND COVER. Early 20th Century. The teapot of penta-lobed form with the handle and finial formed as prunus branches, with carved chuiming mark below the handle, 9cm H, the tea bowl with applied decoration of two fo dogs separated by two balls, the cover with three dragons, inscribed tiehua xianzhi mark to base, 9cm H. (2) £800-1,200 |
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| 343 | |||
| A GAO HAIGEN YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Second half of 20th Century. Finely modelled as a lotus leaf the spout and handle formed as branches, the cover as an upturned leaf surmounted by a frog and snail, 8cm H. £600-800 |
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| 344 | |||
| AN INSCRIBED JIAN YUNJI YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER WITH MOVING LOTUS SEEDS. The globular body inscribed with excerpts from Xijing, the cover six circular holes which enclose loose balls in imitation of a lotus fruit, 6cm H. £400-600 |
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| 345 | |||
| A CHINESE ENAMELLED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. The globular body decorated with scrolling flowers enamelled in green, blue and yellow, the cover surmounted by a ribbed finial, 8.5cm H. £1,200-1,500 |
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| 346 | |||
| A GAO HAIGENG YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Third quarter of 20th Century. Of cylindrical section the body applied with a ring of hollow vertical bamboo stems modelled in high relief, the handle and spout also modelled as a bamboo stem, the cover with basket weave pattern, surmounted by a chicken, signed below gao haigeng 9.5cm H. £1,500-2,000 |
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| 347 | |||
| A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. 6cm H. £400-600 |
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| 348 | |||
| A SHAO HENGYU YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. 18th Century. Of extended globular form, raised on a short foot, with a short spout, the cover with a circular finial, 8.5cm H. £500-800 |
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| 349 | |||
| Late Qing Dynasty. The compressed globular body standing on a short foot, the high domed cover surmounted by a bud shaped finial, the body carved on one side with calligraphy, the other with flowering prunus, impressed mark to base, below handle and on the inside of the cover, 9cm H. £2,500-3,000 Literature: For a similar example see The Stoneware of Yixing: from the Ming Period to the Present Day, pl. 59. The tray, like other aspects of tea-drinking paraphernalia is an art-form borne of necessity. Ranging from the saucer (lot 355), an individual support for a single cup, to objects capable of supporting a whole tea service (lot 358), the tray offers a unique combination of three dimensional form and two dimensional surface. This surface, usually framed within a decorated rim, can be carved (lots 350 and 352), painted (354), inlaid with mother of pearl (351), silver (358), brass and copper (353), or even left blank to draw attention to the natural qualities of the material (356 and 357). |
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| 350 | |||
| A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BIRD AND FLOWER TRAY. Late Ming, early 17th Century. Of square form with canted corners, shallow everted sides supported on a broad foot and slightly recessed base, the interior carved and incised through layers of rich cinnabar lacquer with a pair of birds among peonies above a gnarled rock, the sky incised with floral diapers which continue over the sides at the centre of which is a peony flower head, 35 x 35cm. £5,000-7,000 Literature: For a closely related table screen see Dragon and Phoenix: Chinese Lacquer Ware: the Lee Family Collection, Tokyo, 1990, cat no 72. |
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| 351 | |||
| A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID LACQUER TRAY. Ming Dynasty, 16th Century. Of rectangular form with everted rim supported on a short foot, the interior decorated in mother-of-pearl with six boys at play under pine and flowering prunus branches, within a border of bird and flower panels against a diaper ground, 28.5 x 48cm. £1,000-2,000 Literature: A mother of pearl inlaid lacquer tray of similar form may be found in Chinesische Lackkunst. Eine deutsche Privatsammlung, 2010, cat no 36, however, the treatment of the figures most closely resembles the table top of cat no 38, they dated the former as 16th Century, the latter 16th / 17th Century. |
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| 352 | |||
| A CHINESE GURI LACQUER TRAY. Yuan / Ming, 14th / 15th Century. Of rectangular form with canted corners, deeply carved through thick alternating layers of black and red lacquer with four pairs of confronting guru pommels, within a sinuous border flanked on either side by coiled motifs, all supported on a tall pedestal foot with a bracketed apron further carved with scrolls, the reverse with a double shaoshan mark, 13.5 x 37cm. £3,000-5,000 Literature: A guri lacquer tray of very similar size and form, but of a different design in Dragon and Phoenix: Chinese Lacquer Ware: the Lee Family Collection, Tokyo, 1990, cat no 72. |
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| 353 | |||
| Kangxi. With short steep sides, the centre inlaid with a scholar and a lady seated and playing a flute, with a phoenix above and surrounded by bamboo and various plants alongside a table with incense burning beside a rock, 29cm diameter. £4,000-6,000 Literature: A related tray in THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH VOLUME VII: CHINESE WORKS OF ART, Christie's, 2015, lot 8103. |
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| 354 | |||
| A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE FOUR PIECE TEA SERVICE AND TRAY. Late Qing, 19th Century. Comprising a teapot and cover, jug and cover, sugar bowl and cover, tea cup and quatrefoil tray, all decorated with scrolling flowers and butterflies with panels alternating with figurative and butterflies and flower decoration, the tray 28 x 23cm. (5) £450-500 |
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| 355 | |||
| A SET OF FIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TEA SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of quatrefoil form with two circular panels containing flowers connected by floral spray, all reserved on lapis blue ground within bands of red circular dots, 13 x 9cm. (5) £600-800 |
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| 356 | |||
| A CHINESE HONGMU RECTANGULAR TRAY. Late Qing. Well patinated and with an attractive grain, the tray with rounded edges and an everted rim, with a recessed rectangular ring to the base, 34 x 22cm. £300-500 |
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| 357 | |||
| A CHINESE CIRCULAR HONGMU TRAY. Late Qing, 19th Century. The raised semi-cylindrical rim as a continuous bamboo branch with six nodules from each of which a bud is emanating, 24.5cm diameter. £200-300 |
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| 358 | |||
| A CHINESE HONGMU SILVER MOUNTED AND INLAID TRAY. Late Qing Dynasty. Inlaid with herringbone pattern tiles, with four sprays of flowering prunus, and mounted with a thick border of raised prunus flowers against a stipple ground with loop handles, 58 x 41cm. £400-600 |
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| 359 | |||
| A CHINESE SILVER WANG HING TEA CADDY AND COVER. Late 19th Century. Of compressed globular form, with a cylindrical section cover, decorated in repoussé with a pair of phoenixes among flowering peony branches, all reserved on a stipple ground, three crisp marks to the base WH, 90 and zhuo, 12cm H. £600-800 |
| 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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