A pair of blue and white miniature teapots and covers

清康熙 微型青花鐘形壺一對

  Kangxi period (1662-1722)

The bell-shaped body of each teapot is painted on both sides with a shaped panel, one showing a boatman poling a boat across a river near rocks and mountains in the distance, the other showing flowering and leafy branches. The C-shaped handle and curved spout with a leaf motif. The flat cover is painted with three Daoist symbols encircling the bud-shaped knop painted with a flower head.
Height 6.5 cm

Provenance: One is from an old Dutch private collection
                     The other from Gerald Hawthorn, 2006

清康熙 微型青花鐘形壺一對
時代：清 康熙，1662至1722年。
特徵：外側一邊繪有山水景色與撐著小船過河的船夫，另一邊則描繪花草枝葉。蓋上可見三個道教符號。
尺寸：高6.5公分。
來源：其中一件來自荷蘭私人舊藏，另一件來自2006年Gerald Hawthorn。