AN UNUSUAL SMALL BLANC DE CHINE TEAPOT AND COVER

MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL BLANC DE CHINE TEAPOT AND COVER
MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of melon or pomegranate form, the star-shaped calyx forming the foot and the loop handle formed by a branch with leafy twigs extending from its terminals, with another leafy twig beside the conical spout, and a leafy branch forming the loop handle of the cover which has a square inner rim that fits into the rounded square opening in the top of the ewer
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) across, box

Provenance

Chait Galleries, New York.

Lot Essay

Compare three very similar teapots and covers: one from the Walters Art Gallery illustrated by P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York Washington, 1969, pl. 61 (bottom right); one illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, New York, 1985, p. 178, no. 152, where it is described as being in the form of a pomegranate; the third illustrated by R.H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley/Toronto, 2002, p. 51 B, where it is described as being of melon shape.

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