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TURQUOISE-GLAZED
WINE POT

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
Marchant⧍侚2000䎃
naturalistically modeled in the form of peach
atop a spreading foot, the gently S-curved
spout set opposite the handle both in the
Lidless wine pots of this type are cleverly other with the reverse color scheme, which are
form of stems issuing leaves applied along
designed to be ! lled from the base. Kangxi illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection,
the body of the fruit, covered overall in a
period potters typically covered these pots Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, Geneva, 1969,
vitreous aubergine glaze accented by the
in bold monochrome glazes, as seen here, or cat. nos A 219 and A 220. Four related wine
bright turquoise-glazed spout, handle, and
painted them with intricate scenes in famille- pots, one with an aubergine-glazed body and
associated leaves, the recessed base unglazed
verte enamels. In the early 19th century, turquoise accents and three with the opposite
and with a central aperture, coll. no. 205.
the Earl of Cadogan promoted their use as coloration, in the collection of Anthony Gustav
Height 6 in., 15.2 cm teapots and they henceforth became known as de Rothschild are illustrated in Regina Krahl,
‘Cadogan’ teapots. The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese
PROVENANCE
Ceramics, vol. 2, London, 1996, cat. nos 257,
The Baur Collection in Geneva has two wine
Marchant, London, 2000. 258, and 259.
pots of this type, one in the same color
$ 8,000-12,000 scheme as the present example and the

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