Chinese export porcelain teapot and cover, Kangxi ca. 1710. Of quadrangular form painted with a scantily clad mermaid before a large carp in a landscape.…

Chinese export porcelain teapot and cover, Kangxi ca. 1710. Of quadrangular form painted with a scantily clad mermaid before a large carp in a landscape. Illustrated in Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 145, no. 154. Provenance: Christie's, Amsterdam, "Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art," 19 October 1988, Lot 161; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Lot Essay: The decoration for this teapot originates from a 1676 European engraving by S. Le Clerc, illust

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