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Property from an English Private Collection

Lots 195-200 Inclusive

195 Property of a Gentleman
A rare blue and white miniature teapot and cover, Provenance
four tea bowls and a collection of ‘doll’s house’ The four teabowls, R.H.R. Palmer collection no.448 (labels)
porcelain Vases less than 10cm high, but retaining the proportions of a larger
Kangxi and later piece, are often described as doll’s house porcelains. During the late
The overhead handle tea pot painted with wisteria design in panels, 17th century it became popular amongst wealthy Dutch ladies to
the four conical tea bowls with dragon roundels; the miniature vases in create lavish doll’s houses, complete with scale replicas of all their
variety of forms and styles, including a cafe-au-lait glazed bottle vase imported luxuries, including Kangxi blue and white porcelain. They
and a square section bottle vase. The tea pot: 11cm (4 3/8in) high were not meant for children’s play, but rather a counterpart to the
(22). ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ much admired amongst fashionable men.
Original, complete doll’s houses are now rare, but an 18th century
£700 - 800 HK$8,400 - 9,600 version can be seen preserved in the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague.
CNY6,700 - 7,700

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