A BOTTGER HAUSMALEREI FLATTENED GLOBULAR CHINOISERIE TEAPOT AND COVER

THE PORCELAIN, CIRCA 1725, POSSIBLY PAINTED BY J.P. DANHFER, TWO INCISED RINGS TO THE UNDERSIDE

Details

A BOTTGER HAUSMALEREI FLATTENED GLOBULAR CHINOISERIE TEAPOT AND COVER
The porcelain, circa 1725, possibly painted by J.P. Danhfer, two incised rings to the underside
With short spout and loop handle, painted on one side with two Chinamen teasing a crane and flanked by iron-red and purple flowering plants, the other side with a Chinese pavilion, a weeping willow in a fenced garden and a similar flowering plant, the shoulder gilt with foliate scrolls, the cover in purple with a herringbone band and similar foliate scrolls within a gilt rim
4.1/8in. (10.5cm.) high, 5.1/8in. (13cm.) wide

Provenance

A Private European Collection, acquired prior to World War II
By descent through the family

Lot Essay

For a similarly shaped and decorated teapot, also with purple scrollwork on the cover and a similar gilt band on the shoulder but with a variant finial, see anon. sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1988, lot 98.

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