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A ‘European subject’ teapot and
cream jug
Late Qianlong
The cylindrical teapot and cover delicately
enamelled with two European scenes
bordered with foliate meanders, traces of gilt
decoration, the body flanked with a straight
spout and ‘rope-twist’ handle; the cream jug
decorated en-suite.
The teapot: 24cm (9 1/2in) wide (3).

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CNY9,600 - 14,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000
The distinctive drum shape and entwined
handle of the present teapot was popular in
the late 18th century and was the standard
vessel shipped by American merchants for
armorial orders. See two similarly formed
teapots in D.S. Howard, Choice of the Private
Trader, London 1994, p. 153, nos. 165-166.

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A group of porcelain tea wares
18th century
Comprising: a powder blue and gilt teapot
and cover with a overhead handle; a
European-enamelled blue and white teapot
and cover with unusual decoration; a powder-
blue and gilt dish; a famille rose and gilt tea
caddy with figural scenes.
The tea caddy: 18cm (7 1/8in) high (6).

£600 - 800
CNY5,800 - 7,700 HK$7,200 - 9,600
Provenance
Acquired in Singapore, probably during the
1940’s, and thence by descent.

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Three ‘pseudo-tobacco leaf’
wares and an ‘Augutus Rex’
beaker
19th century
Comprising two dishes, one slightly larger,
and a ‘fairness cup’, gongdaobei, with a
central figure resembling a Daoist sage;
together with a famille rose quatre-lobed cup
after early 18th century Meissen prototype,
AR mark to the base, 18th century.
The trick cup: 7.5cm (2 7/8in) high (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,600 - 14,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000
For a comparable example, see D. Howard
and J. Ayers, China for the West, London/
New York, 1978, vol. II, p. 528, no. 539.

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