Posted 10 years ago
Stillwater
(217 items)
I picked this up today, at first I didn't know what the heck it was until I looked inside and say the dark brown yixing clay on the inside. The enameling threw me off, I've seen many partially enameled pieces but never a fully enameled one, until I searched around on eBay today. Quite an odd form, no?
No marks, but it has a red wax jianding seal on the bottom from the Beijing #1 office, and there's an old export license label that they took off the top and put inside.
Any thoughts on this piece? I'm thinking its Qing dynasty. The form is so weird... Here's another fully enameled one on eBay, has some of the circular designs too:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fine-19th-C-Chinese-Yixing-Double-Chamber-Teapot-with-Qianlong-Mark-/380877913973?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item58ae17bf75&nma=true&si=HiPH3qVPEpKQP8E7eMqMrjcJ4CI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_3452wt_975
Very interesting Still. Why does it appear to have a plate as a lid? Does it have a function? Or just style?
Lol, I couldn't tell you. Its got a rim on the bottom though, so its not just a flate plate shape. Kind of hard to grip the little knob though
Try researching satsuma pottery.
Really nice piece
Yes, you are true, is an yishing teapot full enameled fron de late qing dinasty or early republic period....nice teapot but not unusually at all
i completely disagree with robertoreiosamendez , this is late daoguang piece around 1850, and the reasons for these are quite a lot
1 it,is a what they call a squat disc form
2the loophandling
3 watch the sprout it is a short sprout
4 slightly raised rounded panels
5 it is simular to the daoguang metal work decoration
i am not arrogant , but i take any wager , against any expert for any amount
i'd have to say that i'd wager on apostata most of the time. it's sometimes hard to understand him as he tends to drop hints to draw the curiosity out, and ends it there. it's then your job to figure out what he means. i can't always figure it out, but the times i have surprised me.
i gave 5 reasons why i am ABSOLUTELY sure it is daoguang, well that,s rather extensive ain,t it , if i got doubts , or if i don,t know , or if it has to go to an better expert , i honestly say it , no sweat, i can,t substantiate everything, i work on 3 sites and for free
Almost identical teapot for a high price. What do you think apostata? Are they right?
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/tea-sets/antique-chinese-enameled-yixing-teapot-19th-century/id-f_11062001/
well the good thing is they got the same assessment that i had , but it,s a bit the easy way out , call it 19 century , but this specific daoguang, well then you are always right
look on ebay and auctions , lets call it qing period, well that ,is a 250 years time spread , then you are always right, or signed jiaging , or COULD ! be transitional period etc
it is always the same trouble , i just assess , and when the majors players in the business don,t agree , i am in trouble , they threaten law suits and libel etc
i assess for fun never charged a penny in my life, i am not even a social dude , i am one belligerent destruction company , but i just want people to appreciate art , well you might believe it or you don,t , no sweat
lets say their assesment about the value is slighty inflated, and the word slightly is a hell of an understatement
addendum let,s take another approach ,for discussion sake, do you think Peking office would clear this , if it is real high value
strange i still stick to my opinion , butt the assessment is way to steep , i don,t know why they assessed this so tremendously steep , they used a multiplicationfactor of at least 18