Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection
Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection
A superbly carved and exceedingly fine white jade 'lotus' fluted teapot and cover Qing dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 白玉寶蓮茶壺
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October 13, 04:27 AM GMT
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A superbly carved and exceedingly fine white jade 'lotus' fluted teapot and cover
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
清乾隆 白玉寶蓮茶壺
exquisitely and skilfully worked from a lustrous and even white stone, the lobed body rising from a short footring of corresponding form on the base towards the swelling shoulder, flanked by a tapering spout and a curved handle delicately rendered with a gently upturned ruyi, the inner handle further subtly portrayed with a ridge furcating into ruyi blooms encircling the handle, the well-fitted cover with corresponding lobes and surmounted with a lotus finial bordered with upright lappets
overall h. 13 cm, l. 16 cm
A French private collection, acquired in France in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
Sotheby's Paris, 11th December 2014, lot 49.
法國私人收藏，1920年代購於法國，此後家族收藏
巴黎蘇富比2014年12月11日，編號49