CHINESE HUANGHUALI TEA CADDY AND COVER
LATE MING TO QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明至清 黄花梨帶提樑茶桶
of barrel form, the vessel has two upright handles rising from the mouth rim that are pierced to hold the ends of the cusped handle that surmounts the cover
Dimensions
26cm high
Provenance
Private collection, London
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Footnote
There are many surviving examples of teapot holders, mainly from the late Qing and Republic period. Almost all are made of miscellaneous soft woods, some lacquered. Those made in precious huanghuali and dated to the Ming and Qing dynasty are very rare. A square-sectioned huanghuali teapot container, dated to the late Ming dynasty, was in the Dr S. Y. Yip Collection and sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3501. A closely comparable huanghuali tea caddy and cover in design, dated to 17th-18th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 24 Jul 2020, lot 65. A further comparable huanghuali tea caddy and cover, dated to the Qing dynasty, was first sold at Sotheby's New York, September 2013, then further sold at Poly Beijing, 16-25 October 2020, lot 6319.
存世帶提樑茶桶不少，但主要為清末民初產物，並以多以軟木製成，或施以髹漆。明至清代黃花梨帶提樑茶桶實屬珍稀，見一攻玉山房舊藏，晚明黃花梨四方茶桶，後售於香港蘇富比，2017年4月5日，拍品3501；另外一件定年十七/十八世紀黃花梨桶式茶葉蓋罐，2020年7月24日售於香港蘇富比，拍品65；另見一例清黄花梨茶桶及蓋，先於2013年9月售於紐約蘇富比，後售於北京保利，2020年10月16-25日，拍品6319。