Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
A Chinese enamel teapot and cover with looped fixed handle, Qianlong (1736-95), the lobed body painted in enamels in the famille rose palette with large lobed cartouches containing birds and insects perching on various flowers, set against a ground of alternating floral cell pattern, the gently curving spout with blue foliate scroll, the neck with a blue leiwen band, the top with further floral cartouches set against a yellow basket-pattern ground, the handle with yellow oyster-shell and blue basket patterns and three small floral cartouches; the base with 'shou' symbol within a blue roundel.
Dimensions:
Height: 18cm. (7 1/8in.)
Condition:
Historically restorers sprayed extensively covering an area much larger than the damage; making judging damage difficult. Nearly all early Canton has faults
Notes:
This piece was loaned by the vendors to be included in an exhibition of Chinese Painted Enamel at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1978, curated by Michael Gillingham.
Provenance:
John Sparks Ltd. Purchased by the vendors in the 1970s.
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
