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2224 The combination of celadon green with underglaze cobalt blue and
A COPPER-RED AND CELADON-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE underglaze copper red is relatively rare, no doubt because it was so diffcult
TEAPOT AND COVER to fre successfully. With the coming of the Kangxi reign came renewed
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) imperial interest in porcelain and a demand for high quality and variety.
In the early years of the reign the potters revived the combination of
The teapot has a globular body lightly carved on each side with a underglaze blue and underglaze copper red on single pieces, and with the
vignette of buildings nestled amidst trees detailed in copper red of re-establishment of the imperial kiln complex court demand for innovation
brownish color and rocks of pale celadon color, and the domed cover resulted in molded and carved surface decoration and the use of areas of
is decorated with fowers growing either side of a celadon rock below celadon green being added to this already challenging palette. The favored
the blue knob, all on a very pale blue-green ground. An apocryphal decorative theme in this technique is landscape with trees, mountains,
Chenghua mark is on the base. water and molded and carved celadon-green rocks, as seen on the current
6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) wide tea pot.

$12,000-18,000 清康熙 青花豆青釉裡紅山水樓閣圖茶壺

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