A CHINESE CAFE-AU-LAIT TEAPOT AND COVER

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period, circa 1700

清康熙 約1700年 紫金釉開光青花博古圖紋茶壺

The barrel-shaped body moulded with concentric bands of raised bosses and set with a looping handle opposite an S-shaped spout, painted with two panels containing blossoms and treasures reserved against a cafe-au-lait ground dotted with later-added gilt foliate medallions, the cover surmounted with a lion dog finial centered within a star-shaped panel decorated with prunus blossom in underglaze-blue

16.5cm long

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PROVENANCE:

Formerly in the collection of Dr. Arthur Kauffmann (1887-1983), a German-British art dealer who worked for (and later owned) the Frankfurt branch of the auctioneers Hugo Helbing, and later was an art dealer in London. Kauffmann was a member of the British Antique Dealers' Association and the Oriental Ceramic Society;

Formerly in the collection of Professor C. M. Kauffmann (1931-2023), Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and subsequently Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art;

Thence by descent.

來源：

德裔英國藝術品經銷商亞瑟·考夫曼博士（1887-1983）舊藏。考夫曼曾任職於法蘭克福拍賣行Hugo Helbing，後來在倫敦成為藝術品經銷商。考夫曼為英國古董經銷商協會及東方陶瓷學會成員；

C. M 考夫曼教授（1931-2023）收藏。考夫曼教授曾任倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館版畫、繪畫與繪圖部門館長，後來成為考陶德藝術學院院長；

其後家族傳承。

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C.f. A comparable teapot and cover was sold at Rob Michiels auctions, 23rd April 2016, lot 401 (€4,080 inc. premium).

An identical teapot and cover, although without gilt-painted flowers, is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object number AK-RBK-15828 - the gilt-painted flowers on the present lot are therefore likely a later addition applied in Europe. This piece is also illustrated in 'Chinese ceramics in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: the Ming and Qing dynasties', p. 137, cat. nr. 144.

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