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A yixing ware 'toad' tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty,
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
715 - 894 EUR
726 - 907 USD
Hammer price
6 000 SEK
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A yixing ware 'toad' tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty,
The finely potted cylindrical body moulded with a bamboo shaped belt, applied with a rectangular loop handle and a short curved spout of bamboo form, the skillfully fitted flattened cover surmounted by a knop in the form of a ferocious toad with its head held up in an alert expression, the back with warty lumps. Lenght 22 cm.
Cover differs in colour, chips. Finial with repair.
Provenance
Property of a Swedish Noble family.
Exhibitions
Compare with a similar tea pot at the Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm. Accessionsnummer BS-0555. Dontated by Axel G. Bielke, Axel Gabriel Bielke af Åkerö, (1800-1877), part of a donation of 2000 object to the National Museum in Stockholm.