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Lot 638
A FINE GOLD- AND SILVER-MOUNTED ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER
Estimated Value:
2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result:
3.367 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, inscribed Meng Chen zhi and a poem, ca.18th c.L. 15,2 cm
Fine stoneware teapot and cover of sixteen-rib pear shape, set with a simple loop handle, curved spout and with a ribbed knob tot he cover. The spout, the knob and the rim of the cover mounted with sheet gold; the rim of the teapot also mounted with sheet gold and with twisted gold wires running down between the ribs to a similarly shaped silver mount around the foot rim. The base incised with a seven-character inscription and the signature meng chen zhi in regular script.
Gerard Hawthorn London, 2005, sold Nagel, 12.11.2007, lot 1238
Published: Gerard Hawthorn ‚Oriental Works of Art‘, London, Summer 2005, no. 5
Two teapots signed Mengchen are illustrated in I-Hsing Ware as numbers 5 and 6 with informative essays on this potter by Terese Tse Bartholomew which stress the difficulty of ascribing pieces with any authority. Certainly this Teapot was a treasured possession, and the mounts are very rare and the inscription is written with great freedom and style which make an 18th c. date very likely - Minor traces of use
