Chinese Porcelain Cockerel Teapot, C. 1740.

Name: Chinese Porcelain Cockerel Teapot, C. 1740.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA775599
Availability: SoldOut

18th century

Sold by Philip Carrol Antiques

Description

A rare Chinese porcelain teapot, c. 1740, Qianlong Period. Hand painted to both sides, in fencai, or famille rose enamels, with a repeated, unusual scene of a cockerel , perched upon rocks, being pursued by a yellow cat. The cockerel, beneath an oversized flowering plant, the cat beneath a large pomegranite. The lightly domed cover, painted with sprigs of flowering plants, and having a knop finial, painted with a flower head.

Medium: Porcelain

Height: 10 cm, 3 7/8”.

Width: 13 cm, 5 1/8”

Depth: 9 cm, 3 1/2”.

Condition: Short firing fault to the spout - please see images for detail.

Physical Dimensions

Height

10cm (3.94")

Width

13cm (5.12")

Depth

9cm (3.54")

Declaration

Philip Carrol Antiques has dated this piece to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA775599

Description

A rare Chinese porcelain teapot, c. 1740, Qianlong Period.

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Hand painted to both sides, in fencai, or famille rose enamels, with a repeated, unusual scene of a cockerel , perched upon rocks, being pursued by a yellow cat.

Philip Carrol Antiques

The cockerel, beneath an oversized flowering plant, the cat beneath a large pomegranite. The lightly domed cover, painted with sprigs of flowering plants, and having a knop finial, painted with a flower head.

Medium: Porcelain

Height: 10 cm, 3 7/8”.

Width: 13 cm, 5 1/8”

Depth: 9 cm, 3 1/2”.