A Fine And Rare Set Of 'Chicken-Bone' Jade Teapot In Form Of Lotus Flower And Cups, China, Qianlong period

H. 10,5/6 cm - Good condition - Estimate 80 000 €

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong - Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, October 28th, 2002, lot 632 - Spink & Sons Ltd. London

Note: Compare also with a teapot to a mid-Qing dynasty celadon bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, similarly carved with overlapping lotus petals around the exterior, each panel alternately inscribed with 'fu' and 'xi', happiness, the finial of the cover as a lotus pod, illustrated in 'Zhongguo Yuqi QUanji', vol.6, pl.129

Nagel Aunctions. Asian Arts. 10 November 2008. www.auction.de