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DEHUA POMEGRANATE-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 1308

DEHUA POMEGRANATE-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER​

KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

DIMENSIONS

Height: 4 inches

 

PROVENANCE
  • Luis Alegria, Portugal, 2005

  • Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

Small dehua teapot and cover, of melon or pomegranate form. The star shaped calyx forming the foot. The loop handle formed by a branch with leafy twigs extending from its terminals, with another leafy twig beside the conical spout. A leafy branch forms the loop handle of the cover which has a square inner rim that fits into the rounded square opening in the top of the ewer.

 

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