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Lot Essay
A dish of this pattern from the Weishaupt Collection, is illustrated by The poem may be found on a small number of Jiaqing-period teapots and tea-trays, as it praises well-prepared tea. S. W. Bushell translates the poem in Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981 (1896), p. 239, as:
'Finest tribute tea of the first picking
And a bright full moon prompt a line of verse.
A lively fire glows in the bamboo stove,
The water is boiling in the stone griddle,
Small bubbles rise like ears of fish or crab.
Of rare Ch'i-ch'iang tea, rolled in tiny balls,
One cup is enough to lighten the heart,
And dissipate the early winter chill.'
A dish of this pattern from the Weishaupt Collection, is illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 13; and another is illustrated by Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, The Netherlands, 1977, p.19, pl.2.
See a similar dish, sold Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1464.
'Finest tribute tea of the first picking
And a bright full moon prompt a line of verse.
A lively fire glows in the bamboo stove,
The water is boiling in the stone griddle,
Small bubbles rise like ears of fish or crab.
Of rare Ch'i-ch'iang tea, rolled in tiny balls,
One cup is enough to lighten the heart,
And dissipate the early winter chill.'
A dish of this pattern from the Weishaupt Collection, is illustrated by G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 13; and another is illustrated by Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, The Netherlands, 1977, p.19, pl.2.
See a similar dish, sold Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1464.