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THE PROPERTY OF A NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1650
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1650
Finely painted with a continuous scene of seven sages, possibly the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, at various leisurely pursuits, including playing the qin and reciting poetry, and an attendant fanning embers to heat tea, all within a lush garden setting containing plantains, bamboo and pierced rockwork, the angled shoulder, short cylindrical neck and squared handle decorated with stylized floral scroll, the spout painted with flames and pearls, the lid reverse-decorated with a band of stylized floral scroll surrounding the tall waisted knop
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1650
Finely painted with a continuous scene of seven sages, possibly the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, at various leisurely pursuits, including playing the qin and reciting poetry, and an attendant fanning embers to heat tea, all within a lush garden setting containing plantains, bamboo and pierced rockwork, the angled shoulder, short cylindrical neck and squared handle decorated with stylized floral scroll, the spout painted with flames and pearls, the lid reverse-decorated with a band of stylized floral scroll surrounding the tall waisted knop
9½ in. (24 cm.) high