Chinese enameled Yixing stoneware teapot
Price: € 1.200,00
A charming Chinese enameled Yixing stoneware teapot with cover, decorated in bright enamels in shades of blue.
Of cylindrical lobed form, the body is covered in a turquoise enamel adorned with bamboo motifs. Both sides are set with dark blue cartouches: one depicting red chrysanthemums on a yellow ground, the reverse with a square cartouche containing an inscription in green with signature.
The cover is finished in a deeper blue and fitted with a silver chrysanthemum-shaped knob. The shoulders are mounted with a silver upright loop handle engraved with matching bamboo motifs. The underside bears a Yixing seal.
Complete with a Japanese wooden tomobako 供箱 (storage box) with inscriptions on both sides of the lid. The top is inscribed: 辛文久元年 (Bunkyû 1, 1861, Year of the Rooster). The interior is inscribed: “Purchased in August, Shôwa 29 (1954), from Kyôno.” 昭和廿九年 – 八月買求む – 京野.
Period: China – Qing dynasty, inscribed attributed 1861 (Bunkyû 1, Year of the Rooster); later recorded in Japan in 1954
Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm, Width 17.5 cm, Depth 13 cm.
In a very good original condition with only a tiny flint chip to the rim of the lid. Please refer to the photos for a clear condition reference.
When shipped, we will include a certificate of authenticity.
