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A rare Meissen celadon-ground tea kettle and cover, circa 1730-35
3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A rare Meissen celadon-ground tea kettle and cover, circa 1730-35
The globular body with a short triangular spout and loop handle terminating at either end with a gilt-edged circular boss, each side reserved with a gilt-edged quatrelobe panel painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Quail Pattern', he cover with foliage, the handle with turquoise foliate scrollwork and an iron-red flower head, the spout with turquoise and red foliage, 16.5cm high (tiny chips to inside flange of teapot) (2)
Footnotes
A similarly decorated celadon-ground vessel is in the Dr. Ernst Schneider Collection (published by Julia Weber, Meißener Porzellans mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern (2013), vol. II, no. 130) and another was sold in these rooms, 5 June 2013, lot 28.
The form is based on a Japanese sake pot, of which Augustus the Strong's collection did include several examples, though they are not on the list of pieces sent to the Meissen manufactory for copying. The form may have been introduced as early as 1727, and five examples were listed among the porcelain seized in 1731 from Count Hoym's palace that was intended for the Paris merchant, Lemaire, and was subsequently sent to the Japanese Palace. Other examples were delivered to Count Brühl in 1732 and 1733 (Weber, loc. cit.).