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A RARE LIME GREEN-GROUND FAMILLE- 清嘉慶 淺綠地粉彩描金開光御製詩茶壺
ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED IMPERIALLY
INSCRIBED TEAPOT AND COVER 《嘉慶丁已小春月之中澣》
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD 「嘉」「慶」印
the finely potted globular body supported on a short foot, 《大清嘉慶年製》款
set on one side with a short spout elegantly sweeping
upward, opposed by an ear-shaped loop handle, brightly 來源
painted to the exterior with two cloud-shaped panels with 倫敦蘇富比1994年12月6日，編號212
gilt borders, each enclosing an imperial poem inscribed in
iron-red, written in praise of good tea by the Jiaqing Emperor
dated to the dingsi year corresponding to 1797, all reserved
against a lime-green ground decorated with multi-coloured
lotus flowers on a foliate scroll, the domed cover similarly
decorated with lotus scrolls and surmounted by a bud-
shaped finial painted with a chrysanthemum, the interior and
base enamelled in turquoise, the base inscribed with a six-
character seal mark in iron-red
(2)
Width 20.5 cm, 8 in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 6th December 1994, lot 212.
‡ £ 150,000-200,000

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