Object Description
An elegant ceramic teapot from the Kangxi period, displaying the characteristic blue and white glaze technique, complete with its original lid. The teapot features a bell-shaped lid, loop handle, and short spout, and features unfurling Chinese cabbage decoration to the belly and floral patterns to the lid. The designs are each finely rendered with precise cobalt brushstrokes, showcasing excellent craftsmanship, and highlighting the popular style of the Kangxi period. There is loss of the glossy top glaze of the vessel due to an extended period of submersion in the South China Sea, as the teapot was originally part of the cargo of a ship set to trade Chinese ceramics with the West that became wrecked in the Riau archipelago, Indonesia.