Two tea cups in the form of half peaches by Gongqi Wang, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Stoneware with ocher or reddish shards. Height: 5 cm (KGM 79.1492) - Diameter: 8.2 cm (KGM 79.1492) - Height: 4 cm (KGM 79.1493) - Diameter: 7.8 cm (KGM 79.1493). Ident.Nr. KGM 79.1492 - KGM 79.1493. Collection: Museum of Asian Art. © Photo: Museum of Asian Art, the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage.

The handles of the two tea cups in the form of half peaches are formed of branches whose foliage and flowers embrace the vessel walls. In the left ocher cup of the area around the spout sprayed with reddish-brown color is accented sexy. The marks of the potter Wang Gongqi appear near the Henkel approaches. Yixing stoneware was already known in the 17th century with the coveted tea supply from China came here in Europe, was highly appreciated and soon already copied (Böttger stoneware) The two teacups among the Chinese acquisitions of the German diplomat Max von 8randt (1835-1920 ), which until 1893 in Beijing, the Office of the imperial envoys held in 1875 and gained great accomplishments in building German collections of East Asian art and culture.