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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清道光 粉彩松綠地番蓮雙喜茶壺
A RARE TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 《大清道光年製》款
‘DOUBLE HAPPINESS’ TEAPOT AND COVER
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG 來源：
香港佳士得1999年11月2日，編號572
gilt-decorated and enamelled with shuangxi characters and
lotus flowers wreathed by dense foliage issuing attendant 傳徐展堂（1940-2010年）收藏
leafy peaches against a bright turquoise ground, between
friezes collaring the neck, shoulder and foot, the cover similarly
painted and surmounted with a lotus finial, the interiors and
base left white, the latter with an iron-red seal mark
l. 20.5 cm, 8 in.; h. 17 cm, 6⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 2nd November 1999, lot 572.
Collection of T.T. Tsui (1940-2010), by repute.

HK$ 1,200,000-1,500,000
US$ 156,000-194,000

The ‘double happiness’ character, or shuangxi in Chinese, is
a wish for a happy marriage, and therefore, an ideal motif for
ceramics made for weddings.
This type of teapots appears to be fairly rare with only a few
known comparable examples. See a globular covered teapot of
similar turquoise-ground ‘double happiness’ decoration, also
inscribed with an iron-red Daoguang mark and of the period,
sold at Christie’s Paris, 7th June 2011, lot 92; and another
Daoguang teapot of this form, with an iron-red seal mark, but
decorated with floral panels, sold in our Paris rooms, 16th
December 2010, lot 222. Compare also a Jiaqing lime-green
ground famille-rose teapot of this form, sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 1st December 2010, lot 3206.
Similar famille-rose ‘double happiness’ decoration can also be
found on Daoguang porcelain of other shapes. A turquoise-
ground charger was sold in these rooms, 24th/25th November
2014, lot 1220. Two jars were sold in our London rooms: a lime-
green ground one with a cover, 13th December 1983, lot 288;
and a pink-ground example without a cover, 11th June 1991,
lot 222.

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