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Object 2010711

Coffee pot

China

1725-1740

Height 190 mm (7.48 inch), diameter of mouthrim 65 mm (2.56 inch), diameter of footring 95 mm (3.74 inch)

Tapering cylindrical coffee pot on low footring. The handle placed at an angle to the S-shaped spout. Domed cover with finial and an underglaze brown-edged rim (jia mangkou). Chinese Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red and gold with a flower pot on a table filled with the prunus, pine and bamboo. A banana tree growing from pierced rockwork with flowering chrysanthemum and peony plants growing from behind a fence, Round the rim of the pot and the cover a trellis pattern border, On the cover flowering chrysanthemum and peony branches. The handle and spout are decorated with flowering stems.

The decoration with prunus, pine and bamboo is also known as the 'Three Friends of Cold Winter'. The beauty of the flowers and the short blossoming season symbolise moral purity and transient female beauty. (Ströber 2011, p.130)

Condition: To the top of the finial some small frits and two chips to the rim of the cover. A tiny chip to the end of the spout. At about 10 mm (0.39 inch) from the footring a large horizontal hairline.

References:

Ströber 2011, p.130

Sargent 2012, p.183

Price: Sold.