Lot 62 , A Chinese blue and white bullet-shaped teapot and cover, Nanking Cargo, c.1750

A Chinese blue and white bullet-shaped teapot and cover, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, painted with willow and peony issuing from a terrace come on the rocky riverbank and with a scholars retreat beside a pine on a distant bank below a border of trellis pattern, 22.5cm across

Provenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, ex lot 2058
£200-300

Condition:
Typical minor glaze imperfections, some sea bed encrustation to the cover otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.

Sold for £600