ID 1360143 
Lot 86  | TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TEAWARES
Estimate value
$ 2 500 – 3 500 
THE TEAPOT MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS NORTH EUROPEAN, PROBABLY GERMANY OR NETHERLANDS, 17TH CENTURY; THE MILK-JUG KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE RIM MOUNT NORTHERN EUROPEAN, PROBABLY GERMANY OR NETHERLANDS AND EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE MOUNT OF A LATER DATE
Each of baluster form with a domed cover, comprising as teapot with and ormolu spout modeled as a dragon's head, the underside with a four-character mark reading 'Made in the Great Ming Dynasty', the handle lacking, and a milk-jug, its thumbpiece cast as a shell, a partial old Sotheby's label to the underside
6 in. (15.5 cm.) high, the milk-jug
Provenance
Pierre Schlumberger, Hôtel de Luzy, Paris (the teapot).
Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002 (both).
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. nos. 63 and 80, pp. 248-249 and 284-285.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery | 
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain | 
| Historical era: | Kangxi period | 
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe | 
| Category: | Carafes, Decanters, Jugs, Pitchers | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Tea & Coffee pots | 
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery | 
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain | 
| Historical era: | Kangxi period | 
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe | 
| Category: | Carafes, Decanters, Jugs, Pitchers | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Tea & Coffee pots | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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