Lot 140
CHINESE YIXING STONEWARE TEAPOT FOR THE THAI MARKET
GONGJU AND GAOYANG MARKS, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 貢局、高陽款 外銷泰國宜興紫砂帶蓋茶壺
of slightly compressed globular form, the reddish-purple clay mixed with duanni shards, set with a straight spout on one side, with brass, hinged, overhead handle, exterior highly polished, the base of the pot carved with a two-character Gong Ju mark, and the lid rim incised Gao Yang
Dimensions
17cm wide including spout
Footnote
K.S. Lo believes extant examples of gongju type teapots indicate these pots were made between the early years of the seventeenth and the middle of the eighteenth century. The highly polished surfaces and metal mounts were produced by specialised workshops in Bangkok, where the industry of polishing and mounting still survives but is confined to pots made in Thailand. See K.S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, from the Ming Period to the Present Day, Sotheby's Publications & Hong Kong University Press, London, New York, Hong Kong, 1998, pp.197-204.