8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm.)
8 × 8 × 4 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 10.2 cm.)
Medium
porcelain
Description
One of two Kangxi dynasty porcelain peach-shaped wine ewers with turquoise and aubergine glazes. The vertical tublar extensions inside these ewers allowed them to be filled through the hole in the base and when turned over it did not need to be plugged. This shape was first made towards the end of the Ming dynasty and blue and white examples were found in the wreck of a Chinese junk sunk off the coast of Java (The Hatcher wreck). They were copied by the Rockingham factory in England ca. 1830 and henceforth known as 'Cadogan teapots'. The peaches represent longevity. They are resting on carved teackwood bases.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Florence M. Quinn
