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260 A KOREAN CELADON WATERPOT. Choson Period, 18th Century. The peach shaped body decorated with leaves modelled in relief, covered overall with a thick crackle glaze, the handle and S-shaped stem modelled naturalistically as a branch, 13cm H. £400 – 600 十七或十八世纪寿桃形加多壶 Literature: For related examples see The National Museum of Korea, 1991, p. 137, fig. 5; Sekai Toji Zenshu, Vol XIX, Yi Dynasty, 1980, p. 193, fig. 208 and Far Eastern Art at Spink, 1993, p. 40, cat no 45. Korean tea culture has an early history having been introduced from China in the Tang Dynasty, if not earlier. The majority of Korean celadon teapots appear to date from the Goryeo Dynasty (936 – 1392) with tea drinking having declined in the succeeding Joseon period (1392 – 1910). For a more detailed discussion see Tea Culture: the Amore Museum Permanent Collection, 2006. It is a moot point whether lot 260 would have ever been used for tea, but the object illuminates the cultural context from which the European Cadogan teapot emerged.

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261 AN AUBERGINE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED PEACH CADOGAN TEAPOT.

262 A CHINESE PEACH FORM CADOGAN TEAPOT.

263 A LIME GREEN GROUND CADOGAN TEAPOT.

Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.

18th Century.

Late Qing, 19th Century.

The aubergine monochrome glaze which evenly covers the peach-form body, trickling over the turquoise glazed, modelled rockwork base, the handle and spout naturalistically modelled as stems with leafy branches modelled in relief where they meet the body of the vessel, 16cm H. £500 – 800 清代十八世纪寿桃形加多壶

Of pale celadon colour, with leaves and flowers modelled in relief and highlighted with underglaze red and blue, a high handle issuing from the body and terminating on the shoulder, the upright spout secured by a leaf, the top of the peach with a blushing red patch, 14cm H. £2,000 – 3,000 十八世纪寿桃形加多壶

Decorated on each side with a lotus flower between a bat and stylised shou character, and covered all over with scrolling foliage, 16cm H. £200 – 300 清代十八世纪寿桃形加多壶

Literature: Compare to Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art, Hobson, 1928, cat no 308. Cadogan teapots, popularised in the West by Lord Cadogan (1675 – 1726) to whom they owe their name, have for centuries delighted the Western market for their puzzling property of being filled through the base. Although produced primarily for the export market since the early Qing (lots 261-263), they were circulated domestically, including across the Sino-Korean peninsula (lot 260), from before the late Ming. Some have argued that these vessels were designed as waterpots due to the challenge of cleaning their interior and lot 260 provides evidence for this case. Nevertheless, their position within tea history in the West is clearly evident.

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264 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CUP AND SAUCER.

265 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER.

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi.

Kangxi.

Decorated with flower heads connected by scrolling foliage, with yu mark to base, the cup 5cm H, the saucer 11cm diameter. £100 – 200 清代康熙青花茶杯茶盏

Of domed lobed form with stepped shoulders and panels of flowering branches, with yu mark to base, 9cm H. £400 – 600 清代康熙青化花卉壶底款《玉》

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266 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LOVERS TEABOWL AND SAUCER.

267 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FISHES TEABOWL AND SAUCER.

268 A PAIR OF MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE CUPS AND SAUCERS.

Kangxi.

Kangxi.

Qing Dynasty.

The cups’ exteriors and plates decorated with a scholar and beauty embracing in a garden setting, a border of Buddhist emblems to the interior of the cup and rim of the saucer to the exterior and exterior, Chenghua nianzhi mark to base, the cup 4cm H, the saucer 10cm diameter, (2) £600 – 800 清代康熙青花人物茶碗茶碟

The exterior and interior of the bowl and the interior of the saucer decorated with fish among reeds and foliage, yu mark to base, the cup 5cm H, the saucer 13cm diameter. (2) £200 – 300 清代康熙青花鲤鱼戏水茶碗茶碟

3cm H, 6.5cm diameter. £80 – 120 清代青花茶杯茶碟两对

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269 A CHINESE OCTAGONAL SECTION BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER.

270 A CYLINDRICAL BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT TEAPOT AND COVER.

271 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT OF GLOBULAR FORM.


Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, c. 1790.

Qing, 19th Century.

With broad shoulders that taper towards the foot and a domed cover surmounted by a bud finial, the handle and spout of rectangular section, composed of alternating scenes of figures and flowers, 13cm H. £350 – 400 清代青花开光八角型人物壶

Each side decorated with a circular medallion, the cover surmounted by a peach, the handle composed of two entwined strips, gilded in Europe at a later date, 12.5cm H. £300 – 400 清代乾隆青花金边石榴纹外销壶

The rounded sides decorated with alternating stylised shou and fu characters below a band of ruyi heads and above a band of lappets, with the body encasing a cylindrical liner with similar design with an S-shaped spout, a circular cover, and looped metal handles, 13cm H. £200 – 300 清代十九世纪青花福寿壶

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272 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND RUBY CUPS AND SAUCERS. Yongzheng.

The ruby saucers with a white unglazed medallion surrounded by five petal-form panels together making up a flower head, each enamelled in blue with flowers, the cups with five petal shaped panels issuing from the foot mirroring the saucers’ patterns on which they sit, the cups 4cm H, the saucers 11.5cm diameter. (4) £1,000 – 1,500 清代雍正红地开光加蓝彩花卉茶盏茶碟

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273 A PAIR OF WUCAI FLUTED TEACUPS AND SAUCERS. Kangxi.

The interiors and exteriors attractively painted with scrolling flowers in under-glaze blue and red, green and yellow enamels, the cups 5cm H, the saucer 13cm diameter. (4) £400 – 600 清代康熙五彩菊边纹花卉茶杯盘两对

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274 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL FISHERMEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, TOGETHER WITH A FLUTED CUP AND SAUCER. The first Yongzheng, the second Qianlong.

Each depicting figurative scenes of workers engaged in various pursuits, the cups 5cm H and 3.5cm H, the saucers 13cm and 11cm diameter respectively. £600 – 800 清代雍正（左）乾隆（右）粉彩渔舟茶碗茶碟


275 A PAIR OF DATED CHINESE EXPORT CUPS AND SAUCERS. Qianlong, dated 1764.

The saucer and side of the cup decorated with a monogram flanked by a pair of cherubs, the cups 4cm H, the saucers 12.5cm diameter. (4) £150 – 250 清代乾隆外销茶杯碟一对

276 A PAIR OF CHINESE HEXA LOBED IMARI WARE TEA CUP AND SAUCER. Qing, 18th Century.

The saucers and cups finely painted with three landscape scenes alternating with a floral spray and encircling a single butterfly, delicately painted and gilded, the cups 3.5cm H, the saucers 11cm diameter (4) £500 – 800 清代十八世纪六瓣边型茶杯茶碟

277 A CHINESE HEXALOBED DOUBLE HANDLED TREMBLEUSE CUP AND SAUCER. Qing, 18th Century.

The cup and saucer decorated in enamels with figurative scenes alternated with blossoming flowers, the form possibly following a Saint Cloud original, 8cm H. £400 – 600 清代十八世纪镶金边人物花卉双耳茶杯碟

278 A SET OF FOUR FINELY PAINTED FLUTED FAMILLE ROSE CUPS AND SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.

Brightly painted with bird and flower scenes, the cups 5cm H, the saucers 13cm diameter. (8) £350 – 400 清代十八世纪粉彩菊瓣边纹花鸟茶杯茶碟四组

The Chinese teacups, exported in large numbers to the West from the 18th Century onwards, often blended Chinese and Western artistic traditions with significant charm. Following Chinese tradition they often lacked a handle and as such, with its double handle, lot 277 may have been designed for the drinking of coffee or hot chocolate.

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279 A ‘LOVERS’ TEAPOT AND COVER.

280 A CHINESE ROUGE DE FER TEAPOT.

281 A CHINESE COCKEREL JUG AND COVER.

Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng.



Of pear-shaped form, with a domed cover, decorated front and back with a scene of an amorous scholar and a lady engrossed in each other’s company whilst a boy looks on from behind a tree, 10cm H. £500 – 800 清代雍正人物故事图梨形壶

Of pear-shaped form, decorated in iron red and gilt with chrysanthemums and prunus over the body and domed cover, 12cm H £600 – 800 清代康熙矾红釉浮雕梅菊茶壶

The body decorated with a pair of cockerels each raised on a blue rocky outcrop, below a grisaille diaper border repeated on the cover and embellished with gilded floral patterns, 12.5cm H. £800 – 1,200 清代花卉公鸡水壶

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282 A PAIR OF BLACK GROUND TEAPOTS AND COVERS WITH MATCHING SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng.

Decorated with two colourful landscape panels reserved on black ground interspersed with scrolling green foliage and chrysanthemum heads, the covers and saucers centred with a moulded pink chrysanthemum head, the underside of each teapot modelled as a further flower head with moulded overlapping white petals, the teapots 12cm H, the saucers 14cm diameter. (4) £1,500 – 2,000 清代雍正黑地开光泛舟图茶壶配碟两对

283 A CHINESE GLOBULAR “JUDGES OF PARIS” TEAPOT AND COVER. Qianlong, c.1750 Depicting a scene of Athenia, Hera and Aphrodite displaying their beauty in front of a seated figure of Paris, 16cm H. £400 – 500 清代乾隆球形欧洲人物画外销壶 Literature: For a similar example see Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics – From the Peabody Essex Museum, Sargent, 2012, p XXX.

284 A CHINESE COCKEREL AND PEONY TEAPOT AND COVER, MOUNTED IN EUROPEAN SILVER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng.

The globular body enamelled with cockerels amongst rockwork and peonies, the cover is modelled as a chrysanthemum head, as is the base which rests on a tripod stand moulded in high relief as tendrils emanating from the loop handle and terminating in floral buds and leaves, 11cm H. £500 – 800 清代雍正牡丹公鸡包银壶

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285 A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL QUATREFOIL TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng.

With upright handle, painted in famille rose enamels with panels of birds and flowers, 18.5cm H. £1,000 – 2,000 清代雍正广东珐琅画四面开光提梁壶

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286 A CHINESE BROWN GLAZED BISCUIT LOOP HANDLED HEXAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER.

287 A CHINESE RECTANGULAR PEWTER TEAPOT AND COVER TOGETHER WITH A CIRCULAR TEA CADDY AND COVER.


Late Qing.

With upright handle, the body divided into moulded panels composed of bird and flower scenes, 15cm H. £3,000 – 5,000 清代康熙酱色釉提梁方壶

The body of the lobed loop-handled teapot with incised decoration of pairs of birds among prunus and peonies raised on four short feet, impressed guangxing he zao mark to base, 18cm H, the tea caddy decorated with orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemum and plum blossom, together known as the four gentlemen, impressed jian cun zi zao mark to base, 10cm H. (2). £200 – 300 晚清锡金方形茶壶与茶叶罐款识廣興何造间村自造


288 A CHINESE PEWTER TEA CADDY AND COVER. c. 1900.

Of rectangular section, the concave faces decorated with alternating panels of an eagle swooping on a mouse and a leopard chasing a rabbit, the circular cover with a cha character within a decorative border, 11cm H. £300 – 500 锡金方形茶叶罐 289 A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER DOUBLE LOZENGE BOGU TEA CADDY. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.

The caddy encasing a pewter interior and decorated on the surface with the hundred treasures motif among flowers and decorative borders, 15.5cm H. £1,200 – 1,500 清代十八或十九世纪菱形黑漆食盒

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290 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEA CADDY. Qing Dynasty, c. 1770.

Of rectangular form, enamelled with a central purple flower surrounded by white scrolling floral patterns on a blue ground, the cylindrical neck with a reticulated wooden cover, 17cm H. £400 – 600 清代方型粉彩茶叶罐

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291 A CHINESE RECTANGULAR YIXING SHRIMP TEA CADDY WITH CIRCULAR NECK. Late Qing, 19th Century. Decorated with a single circular panel, with carved decoration of a pair of shrimps among slip painted waves, 15cm H. £500 – 700 晚清宜兴紫砂虾趣图茶叶罐

292 A FAMILLE ROSE TEA CADDY AND COVER. Circa 1740.

Of rectangular section with cut corners and a cylindrical neck, enamelled with flowering peonies, 12cm H. £400 – 600 清代粉彩牡丹纹茶叶罐

293 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEA CADDIES. Qing Dynasty, c. 1780 – 90.

Of rectangular section with arching top and cylindrical neck, decorated on either sides with a landscape scene hand painted in underglaze cobalt blue in imitation of English transfer-print ware, themselves adapted from Chinese landscape scenes, 12cm H. (2) £300 – 500 十八世纪青花风景茶叶罐一对


294 A DOUBLE PHOENIX CANTON ENAMEL TEA CANISTER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.

Of rectangular section with a stepped foot, two faces painted with a pair of addorsed birds each carrying a flower in the beak, their overlapping bodies enclosing a pomegranate shaped panel containing a panel of flowers and butterflies, a further panel on the adjoining sides, 19.5cm H. £2,000 – 3,000 十八世纪广东画法琅牡丹凤凰茶叶罐

295 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEA CADDY AND COVER ENAMELLED WITH A LADY AND HER DOG.

296 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOGU DECORATED TEA CADDY AND COVER.


Of compressed hexagonal section, the main faces painted with the hundred treasures motif, the remaining faces painted with birds, flowers, butterflies and peaches. The shoulders and cylindrical cover painted with butterflies, 24.5cm H. £200 – 300 晚清青花博古图茶叶罐

Of ovoid shape, with a short tapering neck, on a high spreading foot encircled by scroll-work applied in relief, with domed lid with knob finial, the lady seated on a daybed, a pile of books beside her, 13cm H. £150 – 250 清代雍正粉彩仕女图茶叶罐


The artistic variety and inventiveness of the category of the tea canister, like so much of the tea drinking material culture is underlined by a practical necessity – in this case to preserve the physical condition of tea leaves. In the West, however, from whence most of the examples offered here derive, caddies were a part of the ostentatious display that involved the preparation and serving of tea in the 18th Century and later.

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297 A CHINESE JADE MUGHAL STYLE TEAPOT AND COVER. Late Qing, 19th Century.

The compressed globular body supported on a short foot, set with a tapering spout opposite a loop handle , the body finely carved around the exterior with lotus flower heads from which emanate floral spray, the domed cover, similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud-form finial, the stone an even pale whitish celadon colour, 7cm H. £2,000 – 3,000 晚清十九世纪蒙古风格玉壶

Jade teapots are relatively rare within the Chinese teaware canon, with the difficultly of working the material meaning that to create an elegant teapot requires virtuoso skill. Pieces therefore tend to date from the reign of Qianlong and later.

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298 A SPINACH GREEN JADE TEABOWL AND COVER.

299 A CHINESE AGATE TEAPOT AND COVER.

Qianlong.


Rising from a short waisted foot, with flaring rim, the domed cover surmounted by a circular finial echoing the foot, the translucent green jade with charcoal and milk white inclusions, 8cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £1,000 – 2,000 清代乾隆菠菜绿玉茶碗

Raised on tripod feet, with rectilinear handle, the body with rings of lappets to the base, shoulder and cover, with a panel on either side, one depicting a deer, the other gnarled pines, 13.5cm H. £300 – 500 晚清十九世纪玛瑙雕三足壶 Agate teapots are rare. A related example with an identical handle is held by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (Late Chinese Jades – Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2007, cat no 117). However, the present piece is unusual for its tripod feet which recall wine vessels. The artistic cross fertilisation between wine and tea drinking ware has been well documented (for example, see Tea in China: a Religious and Cultural History, Benn, 2015).

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300 A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA WINE POT AND COVER. Late Ming, early 17th Century.

Of cylindrical form, with chilong handle, spout and finial to the cover, covered in a creamy white glaze, 17cm H. £3,000 – 5,000 晚明德化白瓷茶壶 For two related examples see In Pursuit of Antiquities, Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, 1995, cat no 132, and Anthology of Chinese art : Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, 1986, cat no 164.

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301 AN INSCRIBED CHINESE JIANYAO TEABOWL.

302 A RARE HENAN WHITE RIM RUSSET-STRIPED BLACK GLAZED BOWL.

Song.

Northern Song Dynasty.

Of deep rounded form with steep sides and a groove below the rim, covered with a thick lustrous deep black glaze and a network of fine oily veins, carved gongyu mark to base, 6cm H, 12cm diameter. £200 – 300 宋代建窑黑釉茶盏

Of deep rounded form with everted rim, supported on a short foot covered with a thick black glaze, the interior with twenty eight evenly spaced reddish-brown splashes around a central elevated rim, the bowl’s rim with a well controlled band of white slip extending over the lip, 15cm diameter. £2,000 – 3,000 北宋白边兔毫黑釉碗

Song Dynasty teabowls, of the types represented here, were made for both domestic consumption and for export to Japan where they were highly prized. Lot 301, the Jian teabowl, a type known in Japan as tenmoku is marked below, gongyu, which translates as Imperial tribute. It is well documented that such pieces were sent as tribute to the court. That such pieces were enjoyed by the highest Imperial levels is clear from the writings of Emperor Huizong which particularly praise hare fur glazed Jian teabowls (see Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers. Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Mowry, 1996, p. 207).

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Literature: For a related example see Hare’s Fur Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400 – 1400, no 58, pp 169 - 170


303 A CHINESE QINGBAI TEABOWL.

304 A CHINESE JIANYAO TEABOWL

Northern Song.

Song.

Thinly potted, the rounded sides rising to a slightly inverted rim and supported on a straight footring, a wide network of crackle covers the interior and part of the exterior, 8cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £1,000 – 2,000 北宋青白釉茶盏

Of conical form, supported on a slightly flaring footring, and covered with a lustrous dark brownish black glaze, 6cm H, 12.5cm diameter. £1,000 – 2,000 宋代建窑黑釉茶盏

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305 A CHINESE JIAN HARE’S FUR BOWL.

306 A YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL

Song Dynasty.

Northern Song.

With deeply rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a lip bordered with a thin concave groove, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze suffused with russet ‘hare’s fur’ streaks extending from the rim down the interior and exterior, the glaze terminating in thick drops short of the foot revealing the greyish-brown stoneware body, 8cm H, 13cm diameter. £1,000 – 2,000 宋代建窑兔毫盏

With conical sides raised on a low foot rising to an everted rim, the interior carved with a pattern of narrow overlapping petals radiating from a central medallion, itself formed of a ring of carved overlapping petals, 4.5cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £1,200 – 1,500 北宋耀州窑茶碗

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307 A CHINESE JIZHOU TEABOWL.

308 A CHINESE JIANYAO CHOCOLATE BROWN GLAZED TEABOWL.

Song.

Song.

The interior and exterior with a blackish-brown glaze ending on the lower body to expose the buff ware, 5cm H, 11cm diameter. £400 – 600 宋代吉州窑茶碗

With rounded sides raised on a straight footring, covered with a thick even brownish glaze, 6cm H, 12cm diameter. £700 – 900 宋代建窑棕色釉茶碗

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309 A CHINESE HARE FUR GLAZED BOWL. Song.

With flared sides, covered with a glossy deep brown glaze with unevenly distributed light brown undertones, 5cm H, 11.5cm diameter. £200 – 300 宋代兔毫盏 310 A CHINESE BRONZE HEXALOBED CUP STAND. Song Dynasty.

The hollow-centred cup stand comprising of a bowl with rounded sides collared with a six-lobed dish with upward curving sides, supported on a tall flaring foot, 14.5cm diameter. £2,000 – 3,000 宋代六瓣青铜茶碟

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311 A JAPANESE TEABOWL, CHAWAN.

312 A JAPANESE BLACK GLAZED TEABOWL, CHAWAN.

313 A JAPANESE SETO TEA JAR, CHAIRE, AND COVER.

314 A JUN STYLE TEABOWL.

Edo Period (1770 – 1811).

Edo Period (1770 – 1811).

17th Century.

Of irregular cylindrical shape, raised on a cylindrical foot and attractively glazed in red and black with veins of gold and silver repairs, indistinctly signed above the foot in a cursive hand, attributed to Raku Ryonyu (1756 – 1834), 9th generation of the Raku family, 10cm H, 12 cm diameter. £800 – 1,200 Provenance: With Nihon Yoken, 1990s. 日本江户时期日本茶道碗

Of irregular cylindrical form, raised on an unglazed circular foot, covered with a thick lustrous black glaze, impressed Raku mark to base, 6cm H, 8.5cm diameter. £200 – 300 江户日本黑釉茶道碗

Of tall, irregularly shaped cylindrical form, decorated with an ochre glaze with a network of crackle falling to the short foot, with a turned ivory cover, surmounted by a circular finial, 11cm H. £400 – 600 日本酱色釉开片茶叶罐

The tall sided cup covered with an attractive purple streaky glaze which runs down just above the unglazed foot, 8.5cm diameter. £200 – 300 二十世纪钧瓷风格茶碗

Early 20th Century.

Japanese tea-drinking traditions date back to before the Song Dynasty, and Song ceramics have had an undeniable influence on the aesthetic of much Japanese teaware. Raku ware, for example, with its lustrous lead glazes, and understated form, elegantly channels the aesthetic of its Song Dynasty forefathers, whilst also embodying its own distinctive style.

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315 A JAPANESE SATSUMA WARE TEA SET. Late 19th Century.

Comprising twelve cups, saucers and plates, a teapot and cover and a sugar bowl and cover, all densely enamelled and gilded with flowers, the interiors with a single butterfly, each piece marked Terashiyama to the base. (40) Provenance: Sold together with the original letter and envelope from Santo & Sons, Nagasaki, Japan to Mrs J A Williamson, Shanghai, dated 1937 and discussing its shipment from Japan back to England. £200 – 300 十九世纪晚期日本satsuma烧茶具一组底款輝山

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316 A PAIR OF JAPANESE TINWARE KETTLES. 20th Century.

Of cylindrical section with a rounded foot, with hinged loop handles, 12cm H. (2) £200 – 300 日本锡水壶底款《纯锡福寿寿和造》

317 TWO BAMBOO TEA SCOOPS. Decorated on one side with floral decoration, 18 / 15.5cm long. (2) £200 – 300 花鸟竹子茶具

318 A JAPANESE IRON TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER.

319 A JAPANESE IRON KETTLE.

20th Century.

With sloping shoulders the body covered with a raised hailstone pattern, swing handle and separate lid, mark below the spout, 14cm H. 15cm H. £80 – 120 20世纪日本铁壶

With sloping shoulders the body covered with a raised hailstone pattern, swing handle and separate lid, mark below the spout, 14cm H. £80 – 120 日本铁壶

20th Century.

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320 A JAPANESE IRON SQUARE SECTION TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER.

321 A JAPANESE IRON HEXAGONAL SECTION TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER.

19th Century.

Edo, 18th / 19th Century.

Of cuboidal form, raised on a short foot, with a swing handle and sunken circular bronze cover with circular tsmami, with a rough stonelike finish, marked to the right of the spout, youci ming, 23.5cm H £200 – 300 日本方形铁壶

With a short body, raised on a tapering foot, with swing handle, the body decorated with a continuous pattern of a scrolling dragon, the sunken circular bronze cover with a floral tsmami, decorated with a dragon among scrolling clouds, the cover marked longwentang zao, 23cm H. £200 – 300 日本龙文堂造四方铁壶

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322 A JAPANESE IRON TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. Edo. 18th / 19th Century.

The fat body with sloping shoulders, supported by tripod feet, the body separated into four compartments, two decorated, one with melons, the other with birds in flight, the bronze cover supported on a rim with a ribbed band, with swing handle and surmounted by a hexagonal section tsmami, the cover marked shouxiangtang zao, 24.5cm H. £200 – 300 日本铁壶

323 A JAPANESE IRON HEXAGONAL BASKET WEAVE EFFECT TETSUBIN KETTLE AND COVER. 19th Century.

The body separated into twelve compartments by raised bands, each containing a raised herringbone pattern, with circular bronze cover, marked guizhitang zao, 24cm H. £200 – 300 日本铁壶

Part of the Japanese tea ceremony, the iron water kettle, or tetsubin, gained a ubiquitous status in the Japanese household through the 18th and 19th Centuries. The best examples demonstrate the virtuosity of Japanese iron-working, and the category has long appealed to Western collectors. For more information see Tetsubin: A Japanese water kettle, Arts, 1988.

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324 A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing, 18th Century.

Of globular form, with drooping spout, decorated with bamboos and peonies issuing from behind a rock, 15cm H. £200 – 300 清代十八世纪仿伊万里壶

325 TWO CHINESE IMARI TEAPOTS. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi.

Of globular form, decorated with flowers, 14 / 11cm H. (2) Provenance: One with Podesta Collection label. £200 – 300 清代康熙仿日本伊万里茶壶两件

326 A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER.

327 A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER.



Of lobed globular form, decorated with panels of gardens and flowers, 12cm H. £400 – 600 18世纪仿日本伊万里壶

Of squat globular form, decorated with floral bouquets below a band of ruyi heads, 10cm H. £250 – 300 清代十八世纪仿日本伊万里壶

The influence of Chinese teaware material culture on Japan is clear, but influences also travelled in the opposite direction. During the political turmoil between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Japanese Imari porcelain, with its distinctive palette, became a popular subsitute for Chinese porcelain exported to the West. When stability returned to China therefore, they capitalised for the newfound Western appetite for Imari style decoration by creating Chinese Imari-style ware. Chinese Imari ware ranged from the rapidly painted teapots (lots 324 – 328) to much finer works of meticulous detail (lot 276).

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328 A CLOBBERED CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi.

The globular body decorated with chrysanthemum sprays below a band of alternating ruyi head and prunus flowers, the cover with a flowering prunus branch with a circular cover finial, mounted with a European rococo style spout and reed-covered metal handle, 11cm H. £150 – 250 清代康熙伊万里壶

329 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOYS TEA CADDY AND COVER WITH DUTCH SILVER MOUNT. Qing, Kangxi.

Of tall globular form the body attractively painted with dancing boys, the rim mounted in silver and engraved, December 1855, the cover with a silver floral spray inserted as a finial, 11cm H. £800 – 1,200 清代青花包银童子茶叶罐

330 A CLOBBERED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.

Of rounded rectangular form, the plush cover surmounted by a figure of Shoulao seated and holding a peach, seated on a carpet modelled in relief with stylised shou characters to the body of the teapot, mounted with an upward facing metal spout, 11cm H. £100 – 200 清代金色壶嘴宜兴茶壶

The combination of the delicacy and status of Chinese porcelain teapots in the West, and perhaps also a desire to customise, has resulted in some intriguing European embellishment of Chinese teaware including the addition of silver mounts (lots 284 and 329), the replacement of handles and spouts (lots 328 and 330) and the addition of a metal strainer to the interior of the spout (lot 283). Whilst such additions may be seen as an incongruous juxtaposition of styles, they demonstrate how teapots were treasured, personalised and thus woven into the fabric of the lives of individuals of the past.

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331 TWO MINATURE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS. Late 20th Century.

5.5cm H / 6.5cm H. (2) Provenance: one with F.W. Sohn. £100 – 200 二十世纪晚期宜兴紫砂孟臣壶两件

332 A CHINESE YIXING YU DECHANG TEAPOTAND COVER TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER. 6cm H. (2) Late 20th Century.

£100 – 200 二十世纪晚期宜兴紫砂壶两件中国宜兴裕德常制

333 AN EROTIC SUBJECT TEAPOT AND COVER.

334 A GU XIUFANG FISH FORM YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER.

Late 20th Century.

Late 20th Century.

Each side decorated with a scene of lovers in congress within a floral border, 8.5cm H. £200 – 300 春宫图紫砂小壶

The open mouth forming the spout, and upward curving tail the handle, the scales and fins incised, and the cover surmounted by a smaller fish finial, incised gu xiufang zhi mark to base, 9cm H. £100 – 200 二十世纪鱼形紫砂壶

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335 A YIXING TILE SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER.

336 THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS.

337 A CHINESE YIXING KETTLE AND COVER.

Early 20th Century.

19th – 20th Century.

20th Century.

Of semi-circular cross-section, one side with the characters chuan hu thinly modelled in relief in seal script within a raised border, the interior of the cover with impressed da cheng mark, 10.5cm H. £100 – 200 二十世纪初期宜兴瓦当型壶

Comprising a quatralobed teapot with prunus branches modelled in relief, cover inscribed, 11cm H, a cash form teapot, 9cm H, and a tile form teapot and cover, and a tile form teapot, one side with the characters chuan hu thinly modelled in relief in seal script within a semi-circular border, the interior of the cover with impressed da cheng mark, 10.5cm H. (3) £300 – 500 十九到二十世纪宜兴紫砂壶三件

With double looped handle, and knot-form finial, wanbao mark to base, 23cm H. £200 – 300 二十世纪宜兴提梁紫砂壶

338 A CHINESE YIXING CYLINDRICAL SECTION YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. 20th Century.

Painted in black, one side with lotus leaves, the other with a landscape scene, daqing qianlong nianzhi mark to base. 7.5cm H. £300 – 500 二十世纪宜兴荷花壶

Provenance: the first from the private collection of Jos and Carla Ott, the second two from the collection of John and Helen Bargolini, exhibited Hoghton Tower, Exhibition of Chinese Tea Ware, Yixing Purple Clay.

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339 A CHEN ZIQI YIXING TEAPOT TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER TEAPOT.

340 TWO CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS.

Early 20th Century.

18th / 19th Century.

The first with four applied three legged toads, the cover surmounted by a three legged toad, signed ziqi, 9.5 cm H / 11.5cm H. (2) £500 – 800 二十世纪早期陈子畦制金蟾紫砂壶z五蝠捧寿壶

The taller of cylindrical section with circular finial to the cover, unmarked, the smaller of squat form with carved inscription and mark to base. 9.5cm H / 6.5cm H. (2) £800 – 1,200 十八或十九世纪宜兴紫砂壶两件

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341 TWO YIXING TEAPOTS. 19th Century / early 20th Century.

The first with dragon head spout, the cover surmounted by a fo dog, impressed pictographic mark to base, 10.5cm H, the second of hexagonal section with circular liner and cover, the body impressed with 8 Buddhist emblems, base with impressed mark, yixing zisha minghu, the cover with impressed marks chen and guangming, 12cm H. £500 – 800 十九或二十世纪宜兴紫砂壶两件

342 A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER TOGETHER WITH A TEABOWL AND COVER. Early 20th Century.

The teapot of penta-lobed form with the handle and finial formed as prunus branches, with carved chuiming mark below the handle, 9cm H, the tea bowl with applied decoration of two fo dogs separated by two balls, the cover with three dragons, inscribed tiehua xianzhi mark to base, 9cm H. (2) £800 – 1,200 二十世纪宜兴紫砂壶两件

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343 A GAO HAIGEN YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Second half of 20th Century.

Finely modelled as a lotus leaf the spout and handle formed as branches, the cover as an upturned leaf surmounted by a frog and snail, 8cm H. £600 – 800 二十世纪早期宜兴绿色荷叶型紫砂壶

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344 AN INSCRIBED JIAN YUNJI YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER WITH MOVING LOTUS SEEDS. The globular body inscribed with excerpts from Xijing, the cover six circular holes which enclose loose balls in imitation of a lotus fruit, 6cm H. £400 – 600 宜兴践云荠刻纹莲子壶盖紫砂壶

345 A CHINESE ENAMELLED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.

The globular body decorated with scrolling flowers enamelled in green, blue and yellow, the cover surmounted by a ribbed finial, 8.5cm H. £1,200 – 1,500 清代十八世纪宜兴紫砂上釉牡丹纹壶


346 A GAO HAIGENG YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. Third quarter of 20th Century.

Of cylindrical section the body applied with a ring of hollow vertical bamboo stems modelled in high relief, the handle and spout also modelled as a bamboo stem, the cover with basket weave pattern, surmounted by a chicken, signed below gao haigeng 9.5cm H. £1,500 – 2,000 高海庚制竹枝捆壶

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347 A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER. 6cm H. £400 – 600 宜兴石瓢壶

348 A SHAO HENGYU YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER.

349 A HUANG YULIN YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER.

18th Century.

Late Qing Dynasty.

Of extended globular form, raised on a short foot, with a short spout, the cover with a circular finial, 8.5cm H. £500 – 800 宜兴紫砂井栏壶

The compressed globular body standing on a short foot, the high domed cover surmounted by a bud shaped finial, the body carved on one side with calligraphy, the other with flowering prunus, impressed mark to base, below handle and on the inside of the cover, 9cm H. £2,500 – 3,000 晚清黃玉麟制紫砂壶 Literature: For a similar example see The Stoneware of Yixing: from the Ming Period to the Present Day, pl. 59.

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The tray, like other aspects of tea-drinking paraphernalia is an art-form borne of necessity. Ranging from the saucer (lot 355), an individual support for a single cup, to objects capable of supporting a whole tea service (lot 358), the tray offers a unique combination of three dimensional form and two dimensional surface. This surface, usually framed within a decorated rim, can be carved (lots 350 and 352), painted (354), inlaid with mother of pearl (351), silver (358), brass and copper (353), or even left blank to draw attention to the natural qualities of the material (356 and 357).

350 A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BIRD AND FLOWER TRAY. Late Ming, early 17th Century.

Of square form with canted corners, shallow everted sides supported on a broad foot and slightly recessed base, the interior carved and incised through layers of rich cinnabar lacquer with a pair of birds among peonies above a gnarled rock, the sky incised with floral diapers which continue over the sides at the centre of which is a peony flower head, 35 x 35cm. £5,000 – 7,000 明代红漆花鸟盘 Literature: For a closely related table screen see Dragon and Phoenix: Chinese Lacquer Ware: the Lee Family Collection, Tokyo, 1990, cat no 72.

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351 A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID LACQUER TRAY. Ming Dynasty, 16th Century.

Of rectangular form with everted rim supported on a short foot, the interior decorated in mother-of-pearl with six boys at play under pine and flowering prunus branches, within a border of bird and flower panels against a diaper ground, 28.5 x 48cm. £1,000 – 2,000 明代珍珠母镶嵌黑漆托盘 Literature: A mother of pearl inlaid lacquer tray of similar form may be found in Chinesische Lackkunst. Eine deutsche Privatsammlung, 2010, cat no 36, however, the treatment of the figures most closely resembles the table top of cat no 38, they dated the former as 16th Century, the latter 16th / 17th Century.

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352 A CHINESE GURI LACQUER TRAY. Yuan / Ming, 14th / 15th Century.

Of rectangular form with canted corners, deeply carved through thick alternating layers of black and red lacquer with four pairs of confronting guru pommels, within a sinuous border flanked on either side by coiled motifs, all supported on a tall pedestal foot with a bracketed apron further carved with scrolls, the reverse with a double shaoshan mark, 13.5 x 37cm. £3,000 – 5,000 元代或明代剔漆方盘 Literature: A guri lacquer tray of very similar size and form, but of a different design in Dragon and Phoenix: Chinese Lacquer Ware: the Lee Family Collection, Tokyo, 1990, cat no 72.

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353 A BRASS AND COPPER INLAID PEWTER CIRCULAR TRAY. Kangxi.

With short steep sides, the centre inlaid with a scholar and a lady seated and playing a flute, with a phoenix above and surrounded by bamboo and various plants alongside a table with incense burning beside a rock, 29cm diameter. £4,000 – 6,000 清代嵌黄铜人物故事图锡托盘 Literature: A related tray in THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH VOLUME VII: CHINESE WORKS OF ART, Christie’s, 2015, lot 8103.

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354 A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE FOUR PIECE TEA SERVICE AND TRAY. Late Qing, 19th Century.

Comprising a teapot and cover, jug and cover, sugar bowl and cover, tea cup and quatrefoil tray, all decorated with scrolling flowers and butterflies with panels alternating with figurative and butterflies and flower decoration, the tray 28 x 23cm. (5) £450 – 500 晚清十九世纪广东粉彩人物茶具一套 355 A SET OF FIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TEA SAUCERS. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.

Of quatrefoil form with two circular panels containing flowers connected by floral spray, all reserved on lapis blue ground within bands of red circular dots, 13 x 9cm. (5) £600 – 800 清代景泰蓝茶盘五件

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356 A CHINESE HONGMU RECTANGULAR TRAY. Late Qing.

Well patinated and with an attractive grain, the tray with rounded edges and an everted rim, with a recessed rectangular ring to the base, 34 x 22cm. £300 – 500 晚清红木长方形茶盘 357 A CHINESE CIRCULAR HONGMU TRAY. Late Qing, 19th Century.

The raised semi-cylindrical rim as a continuous bamboo branch with six nodules from each of which a bud is emanating, 24.5cm diameter. £200 – 300 晚清红木圆形托盘 358 A CHINESE HONGMU SILVER MOUNTED AND INLAID TRAY. Late Qing Dynasty.

Inlaid with herringbone pattern tiles, with four sprays of flowering prunus, and mounted with a thick border of raised prunus flowers against a stipple ground with loop handles, 58 x 41cm. £400 – 600 晚清红木包银托盘

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359 A CHINESE SILVER WANG HING TEA CADDY AND COVER. Late 19th Century.

Of compressed globular form, with a cylindrical section cover, decorated in repoussé with a pair of phoenixes among flowering peony branches, all reserved on a stipple ground, three crisp marks to the base WH, 90 and zhuo, 12cm H. £600 – 800 晚清十九世纪牡丹凤凰浮雕银茶叶罐 wang hing 款

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360 A JAPANESE SILVER JUG, TOGETHER WITH TWO CHINESE SILVER ITEMS. Early 20th Century. The jug with a repoussé flowering iris plants on a stipple ground, the jug and handle also with stipple decoration, chunyin mark to base, 12.5cm H, an hexagonal section double handled sugar pot and cover with a carved bamboo design on a stipple ground, three impressed marks, Nanking, 850 and guang xiang, 16cm H, the smaller jug with a bamboo form handle and carved with flowering chrysanthemum, three impressed marks, 85, xianshi and ren, 7cm H. (3) £800 – 1,200 日本银质水仙水罐以及中国银器两件款识纯银广祥先施仁


361 A THREE PIECE JAPANESE SILVER TEASET. Miyamoto Shoko, Tokyo. Comprised of a teapot and cover, double handled sugar bowl and cover, each of globular form, with a band of lappets rising from the short circular foot to the centre of the body, the upper half with repoussé chrysanthemum decoration, the covers surmounted by a ribbed spherical finial, each piece with impressed with Miyamotoshoko. Tokyo. Sterling. 14cm H. (3) £500 – 800 日本菊花纹银茶具三件

362 A THREE PIECE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TEA SET. Circa 1920.

Comprised of a teapot and cover, double handled sugar bowl and cover, each of globular form with wide shoulders, the bodies with a centrally positioned circular panel above an overall stipple ground, the well proportioned spouts, handles and finials formed as bamboo stems, naturalistically modelled in nodular sections, two impressed marks, guangji and zhu, the teapot 14cm H. (3) £800 – 1,200 十九世纪中国外销银器茶具三件套子畦，广记，柱款

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363 A CHINESE SILVER FOUR PIECE TEA SERVICE. c. 1900.

Comprising a teapot, double handled sugar bowl, tea caddy and cover, and a milk jug, all of curved square section and with rounded shoulders, the handles and finials in simulation of bamboo stems, together with a tea caddy, the cover with the character cha in repoussé on the cover, each piece with fine repoussé all over with a dense pattern of overlapping bamboo leaves and a band of scrolling leaves below the rim, impressed jiangiu tuwuxing mark to base, 7.5 – 14cm H. (4) £4,000 – 6,000 竹叶纹银茶具四件底款《江九涂戊兴》

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364 A VIETNAMESE SILVER SIX PIECE TEASET. Early 20th Century.

Comprising a teapot, coffeepot, sugar pot, sugar scoop and tray, the four vessels with a wide body, raised on wide foot, with waisted shoulders, the domed covers surmounted by a globe-form finial, the sides and covers with a landscape scene in fine repoussé, the handles and scoop claws formed as bamboo branches, the hongmu tray mounted in silver, the edges with landscape scenes, and raised on four globe-form feet, impressed mark, 900 Vietnam Tantian, the tray, 56 x 36cm. £4,000 – 6,000 二十世纪早期越南银质茶具含茶托一组

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365 A TIBETAN SILVER TEAPOT AND COVER. 18th / 19th Century.

Of well-proportioned form with a globular body, rounded shoulders with an upright cylindrical neck, the curved upright spout rising from the open mouth of a dragon, set opposite an ‘S’-curved dragon handle terminating with a scaly up-turned fish tail, all raised on a short foot from which issue repousséd lappets, a motif repeated in two rows on the cover encircling the bud-form finial, the body is carved with two five clawed dragons among scrolling clouds, the shoulders and neck with Buddhist emblems, 18cm H. £1,500 – 2,000 十八或十九世纪龙纹藏银茶壶 Provenance: English private collection

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366 A TIBETAN SILVER TEAPOT AND COVER. 18th / 19th Century.

Of similar form to lot 365, but more compact, the neck with two flower heads, and the finial on the cover surrounded by only a single ring of lappets, 11cm H. £1,500 – 2,000 十八或十九世纪龙纹藏银大茶壶

Few Tibetan silver teapots survive although they would have once been highly prized possessions of the Tibetan aristocracy and ruling classes. The two fine examples in the present sale, densely decorated with Buddhist motifs, demonstrate the skill of Tibetan craftsmen with their wealth of intricate hammered, chased and incised details.

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367 A TIBETAN MONASTIC COPPER JUG AND COVER.

368 A TIBETAN MONK’S BUR WALNUT TEABOWL AND COVER.

c. 17th Century.

19th Century.

The heavy copper vessel cast in two halves using a mould, the cover incised and shaped to resemble a lotus flower, surmounted by a lotus bud finial, the body decorated with archaic-style floral designs, 16cm H. £200 – 300 十七世纪西藏寺庙风格铜茶壶

Of deep rounded form with steep sides raised on a cylindrical foot, the cover of domed form, 10cm H. £150 – 250

This vessel and its method of manufacture belongs to a specific group of early monastic domestic and ritual metal ware, of which few pieces survive today.

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369 A TIBETAN COPPER AND BRASS MONK’S HAT EWER. 19th Century.

The outer surface covered in sheets of metal with floral patterns in repoussé and of copper held onto the wooden ewer with horizontal and vertical brass bands, the handle and spout also in brass, the lobed crown with two snow lions flanking an offering also in repoussé, 23cm H. £1,200 – 1,500 十九世纪黄铜藏式水壶

The duomuhu is a form derived from a Tibetan object for the storage and production of butter tea, a mixture of tea leaves, yak milk, water and salt, drunk as part of Tibetan rituals. Lot 369 is typical of the indigenous form with a wood lining and copper plates held together by metal bands. The form was popularised across China particularly during the reign of the Qianlong emperor, who was a committed practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism with strong political ties to the Dalai and Panchen Lamas. Under the Qianlong emperor, duomuhu were produced in a range of materials including porcelain, cloisonné and canton enamels. Lots 370 and 371 show the continuation of the tradition across the succeeding centuries of the Qing Dynasty. Of the two, lot 371 provides the most direct reference to Tibetan iconography with the eight Buddhist emblems reproduced around the body. Each has been illustrated (left) alongside emblems from the Tibetan silver cup, lot 266, to indicate the transformation into Chinese taste, other elements include the cash symbol, the bats, and the rings of ruyi heads and lappets around the raised bands. In the case of lot 370, the Buddhist influence appears to be less, beyond the overall form including the raised bands which echo the metal bands of the Tibetan original.

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370 A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TIBETAN STYLE EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century / early 20th Century.

The tall cylindrical body divided into four sections by raised gilded bands embellished with floral scrolls, each of the horizontal registers containing decoration on a lapis ground of interlocking T-scrolls, kui dragons and lotus flowers, all below a similarly decorated lobed crown rim resembling a monk’s cap, the spout with painted blue qi dragons and the handle formed as a chain connecting two rings issuing from the mouths of two lion dog masks, daqing qianlong nianzhi mark to base, 52cm H. £1,500 – 2,000 十九至二十世纪藏式景泰蓝多穆壶 Literature: For a similar piece see Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Sotheby’s New York, September 2014.

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371 A CANTON ENAMEL DECORATED MONK’S HAT EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.

Of cylindrical section, the curved upright spout rising from the open mouth of a dragon, the spout and handle of rectangular section, the body with two raised bands, decorated with Buddhist emblems separated by scrolling floral decoration, against a blue ground, the lobed crown painted and pierced with cash decoration, 39.5cm H. £3,000 – 5,000 晚清十八世纪广东画珐琅藏式多穆壶 Literature: For a related example see Compendium Collection of the Palace Museum, Enamels, volume 5, plate 225.

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372 A CHINESE YELLOW GROUND DRAGON TEAPOT AND COVER.

373 A CHINESE HUOQIAN SHIPIAN TEABOWL AND COVER.

Republican era.

Republican era.

Potted in pear-shaped form, the body decorated with two leaping dragons, one in green and another in aubergine, each confronting a flaming pearl above a sea of green waves, a key scroll border at the rim, the overhanging cover decorated with a green dragon within a key-scroll border below a circular finial, bao guizhai zao mark to base,17cm H. £200 – 300 民国黄地龙纹壶底款保归斋造

The body decorated in enamels with three boys at play in the garden, the cover with a further two boys in pursuit of a butterfly, 9.5cm H. £400 – 600 民国童子游戏盖碗底款火前十片

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374 A CERAMIC MODEL OF A FIGURE BOILING A KETTLE. 16.5cm H. £80 – 120 黑釉煎茶瓷像

375 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEA CULTIVATION PLATE, NUMBER 3. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, c. 1740.

Painted with a tea production scene, the border with elaborate rococo scroll-work, on the back the number 3 in underglaze blue, 23cm diameter. £200 – 300 清代乾隆外销青花制茶图盘 Literature: For a plate within the series see The Choice of the Private Trader, The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, Howard,1994, cat no 69, for another see Tea Time in Flanders, 1996, cat no 85.

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376 A JAPANESE SATSUMA TRIPOD KORO. Late Meiji.

Of cylindrical form with dragon head feet, and looping handles, delicately painted with a continuous scene of figures in a landscape including various instances of tea drinking, signed Takayama ga, 18cm H. £200 – 300 明治晚期日本satsuma三足香炉

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377 A CHINESE BAMBOO PARFUMIER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Of cylindrical form, the surface carved in high openwork relief with a teadrinking scene involving twelve figures and a horse below pines in a rocky landscape, 20.3cm H, 5.5cm diameter. £400 – 600 清代十八世纪人物供茶图竹香薰

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Export paintings, produced through the 18th and 19th Centuries, were designed to elucidate an aspect of Chinese cultural life as a keepsake for a Western visitor. Paintings of the growing, processing and sale of tea invariably came as a group of twelve images. The stages depicted include breaking up the soil for planting; planting the tea bushes; cultivating the plants; picking the tea leaves; brining the tea from the fields for sorting and drying; drying the leaves; drying, sorting and pounding the leaves; pounding and dying the leaves; bringing the tea for firing; firing the tea and negotiating the sale to a tea merchant; packing the tea and weaving boxes; packing boxes of tea into a boat ready for shipping. See The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Crossman, 1991, pp. 440-441 for more details. Lots 377 – 379 provide various combinations of these scenes, with lot 375 utilizing a more unusual medium.

378 A SET OF TEN TEA PREPARATION PITH PAINTINGS. Late Qing.

Showing various stages of the tea production process, including group scenes showing the interactions of repeat characters 23 x 28cm. (10) £100 – 200 晚清采茶题材通草画

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379 A SET OF EIGHT PITH PAINTINGS. Qing Dynasty. Each showing an individual engaged in various activities including tea production processes, framed and glazed, 11 x 14cm. (8) £500 – 700 备茶图通草画一组（八张）

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380 A COLLECTION OF FOUR TEA PREPARATION TRADE PAINTINGS. Qing Dynasty, c. 1820.

Depicting three scenes: first, the cultivation of tea plants, second, pounding and drying the leaves and third, packing tea and weaving baskets, the latter with two painted images, framed and glazed, 31 x 46cm. (4) £1,500 – 2,000 采茶图通草画一组（四张）

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