Wide Mouth Tea Dust

Jingdezhen, 1810-1870
Height: 4.3 cm
Mouth/lip: 2.10/2.68 cm
Stopper: gilt bronze, tourmaline finial

Provenance:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

Green and brown glaze on porcelain; of ovoid form with a waisted cylindrical neck, very wide mouth, flat lip, and recessed, slightly concave, circular foot surrounded by a protruding convex, circular foot rim; the inner and outer surfaces covered with mottled green and brown ‘tea dust’ glaze, with the exception of the foot and foot rim, which are washed in a thin, brown glaze.

Alexander Whittaker