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Lot Essay
The current vessel represents the pinnacle of jade artistry in the 18th century when large boulders of very fine white jade became readily available after the Qianlong Emperor’s conquest of the Khotan area in 1759 and were worked to perfection befitting the taste of the imperial family. Records can be found in the palace archives in which the Emperor ordered jade teapots to be made. For example according to the Comprehensive Records of Zaobanchu Workshops, on the twenty third day of the second month of Qianlong 33rd year, the Emperor ordered the Palace painting workshop to draw drafts of a jade teapot and jade tea cup, which were then made into wooden samples and sent to the Lianghuai Salt Distribution Commissioner for their production.
A number of jade teapots and wine ewers are in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing. Compare four examples of differing forms illustrated in Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, pp.257-262, pl. 212-215; and another two examples illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum – Jade – 10, Beijing, 2011, pls. 132 and 134.
See also the Qianlong imperial white jade teapot sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3613; a white jade teapot sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 and 30 October 2001, lot 704; an unusual Imperial teapot with a Jiaqing mark sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1419; and a white jade teapot sold at Christie’s Paris, 14 June 2004, lot 107.
A number of jade teapots and wine ewers are in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing. Compare four examples of differing forms illustrated in Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, pp.257-262, pl. 212-215; and another two examples illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum – Jade – 10, Beijing, 2011, pls. 132 and 134.
See also the Qianlong imperial white jade teapot sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 3613; a white jade teapot sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 and 30 October 2001, lot 704; an unusual Imperial teapot with a Jiaqing mark sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1419; and a white jade teapot sold at Christie’s Paris, 14 June 2004, lot 107.