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Lot Essay
The inscription on this unusual 'Cadogan' wine pot is an extract from a poem and refers to imbibing an excess of alcohol. The decoration on this example is unusual and relates to wucai-decorated wares of the Transitional and early Kangxi periods, and the inclusion of calligraphy, which appears to be unrecorded for vessels of this form, would suggest that they were perhaps, at least in the 17th century, made for the domestic market as well as for the export market.
The name 'Cadogan' was given to this curious group of peach-shaped vessels, which had no lids and were filled from the underside, by the Earl of Cadogan who in the early 19th Century promoted their use as teapots, and persuaded the Rockingham factory in England to copy the form. See David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, no. 150 for a discussion on 'Cadogan' wine pots and for a blue and white example dating to c. 1640 from the Hatcher Cargo, sold in our Amsterdam Rooms, 14 March 1984, lot 422; and ibid, no. 156 for a famille verte example of the late Kangxi period. Mr. Howard suggests that vessels of this form may well have been purchased for display as curiosities rather than for use once they arrived in Europe. Another blue and white example of c. 1640 was in the Hatcher Private Collection, sold Christie's Amsterdam 14 February 1985, lot 30.
The name 'Cadogan' was given to this curious group of peach-shaped vessels, which had no lids and were filled from the underside, by the Earl of Cadogan who in the early 19th Century promoted their use as teapots, and persuaded the Rockingham factory in England to copy the form. See David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, no. 150 for a discussion on 'Cadogan' wine pots and for a blue and white example dating to c. 1640 from the Hatcher Cargo, sold in our Amsterdam Rooms, 14 March 1984, lot 422; and ibid, no. 156 for a famille verte example of the late Kangxi period. Mr. Howard suggests that vessels of this form may well have been purchased for display as curiosities rather than for use once they arrived in Europe. Another blue and white example of c. 1640 was in the Hatcher Private Collection, sold Christie's Amsterdam 14 February 1985, lot 30.