Lot 1494
1494
A SMALL DEHUA TEAPOT AND COVER
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NANCY COHN AND ALLAN KATZ
A SMALL DEHUA TEAPOT AND COVER

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A SMALL DEHUA TEAPOT AND COVER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The body is of compressed pear shape and has a faceted spout issuing from a monster mask opposite the C-scroll handle formed by the arched body of a dragon. The domed cover has a steam vent below the arched body of a smaller dragon. Both are covered with a glaze of ivory tone.
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) across handle

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Lot Essay

A very similar dragon can be seen on the sides of a water pot, also of compressed pear shape, which is dated mid-seventeenth century, and illustrated by R.H. Blumenfield in Blanc de Chine - The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley/Toronto, 2002, p. 152 (B). See, also, the teapot, of related shape, with similar faceted spout issuing from a similar mask, illustrated p. 50 (B).

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