Kavel 1892

A Chinese porcelain teapot of octagonal shape decorated in underglaze blue and embellished with overglaze iron red, the eight walls decorated with floral designs and a band of ruyi heads to the shoulder, together with an underglaze blue bowl with flat everted rim, the exterior decorated with a garden scene of flowers and birds embellished with green enamels and overglaze red, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Provenance: the teapot numbered BL45, the bowl numbered BL41 for the Bokma room, Douwe Egberts Museum, Joure, the Netherlands -Teapot: H. 9 cm, cover missing, small frit to the spout; Bowl: H. 8 cm, D. 15,3 cm, broken and riveted, hairline crack-