FAMILLE VERTE TEAPOT AND TEACUP
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
£2,142
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
清康熙 綠彩八棱花蝶紋提梁壺 及 博古紋花口杯（共兩件）
comprising: an octagonal teapot, each section of the body painted with floral sprays with rockwork, some further with butterflies, set with a bamboo-form overhead handle, all raised on four bracket feet; and a lobed teacup with foliated mouth rim, decorated with bogu motif on the exterior (2)
Dimensions
Teapot: 19cm high; Teacup: 7.2cm diameter
Provenance
From Penicuik House, Midlothian, Scotland.
Penicuik Estate, situated to the southwest of Edinburgh at the foot of the Pentlands, has been owned by the Clerk family since the middle of the 17th century. Sits at the heart of this designed landscape is Penicuik House, the finest and most influential example of Palladian architecture in Scotland. The 18th-century Palladian mansion was built by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet, in 1761.
It was devastated by fire in 1899. During the fire, a great deal of effort was channelled into salvaging the furnishings. The once magnificent building has stood as a roofless shell for over 100 years. The stables and coach house of the original Penicuik House, converted after the fire into the ‘new’ Penicuik House where the Clerk family reside to this day.
A significant selection of property from Penicuik House was sold in this saleroom, 27 March 2024, lot 1-69; A smaller selection of Asian Art from Penicuik House was also sold in this saleroom, 13 March 2024, lot 189-198.