**Originally Listed At $400**

East Asia, China, Qing dynasty, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gorgeous handmade pottery teapot presenting a globular body, a cylindrical neck, a flared rim, and a tapered spout, all sitting upon a discoid foot. A lovely ribbon-form handle is displayed opposite the spout, rising from the lower neck in an elegant arch that ends on the shoulder of the vessel. Boasting a lustrous burnish, the gorgeous pitcher is elaborately adorned with blue paint on a creamy white ground featuring intricate floral motifs and swirling abstract designs. The discoid lid displays a maze-like border and a sculpture of a fu dog at its center that functions as a handle. Six Chinese characters, which indicate that this piece was done in a fifteenth-century style as a tribute to the Hsuan-Te period of the Ming Dynasty, have been inscribed at the base of the neck on one side. Size: 12" in diameter x 15.625" H (30.5 cm x 39.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Ventura County, California, USA collection, acquired before 2008

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#162886

A few miniscule nicks and light abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with impressive remaining pigments.