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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
亞洲私人珍藏
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A BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED TEAPOT The poem may be found on a small number
of Jiaqing-period teapots and tea-trays, as it
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND praises well-prepared tea.
OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820) S.W. Bushell translates the poem in Oriental
The teapot is finely inscribed both sides with a poem and dated Ceramic Art (London, 1981 (1896), p. 239) as:
to the dingsi year of Jiaqing, corresponding to 1797, all framed by 'Finest tribute tea of the first picking
two shaped cartouches enclosed by scrolling lotus, with a band And a bright full moon prompt a line of
of stylised petals to the foot rim and a band of ruyi-heads to the verse.
shoulder. A lively fire glows in the bamboo stove, (mark)
8¿ in. (20.7 cm.) across handle The water is boiling in the stone griddle,
Small bubbles rise like ears of fish or crab.
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000 Of rare Ch'i-ch'iang tea, rolled in tiny balls,
One cup is enough to lighten the heart,
PROVENANCE And dissipate the early winter chill.’
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 13 January 1987, lot 523 There are two lime-green-ground teapots inscribed with the same
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 May 1995, lot 749 (part) poem, one from the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated by
Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 5, Taiwan, 1991, p.
216; and the other was sold at Sotheby's London, 6 December 1994, lot
清嘉慶 青花纏枝蓮紋御製詩茶壺 六字篆書款 212. Compare also a coral-ground teapot with the same poem, sold at
Sotheby's London, 20 June 2001, lot 39; and a blue and white version
來源 sold Christie's London, 1 May 1995, lot 749. Liu also illustrates a lime-
香港佳士得，1987 年 1 月 13 日，拍品 523 號 ground quatrefoil tray inscribed with the poem, ibid., p. 256.
香港佳士得，1995 年 5 月 1 日，拍品 749 號（兩件之一）

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