DEHUA HEXAGONAL 'IMMORTALS' TEAPOT, KANGXI PERIOD

DEHUA HEXAGONAL 'IMMORTALS' TEAPOT, KANGXI PERIOD, with a loop handle and tapering silver spout, each panel of the body moulded in relief with an Immortal figure,12.7cm high Note: for a similar teapot from the Dresden Japanese Collection see Donnelly, P.J., Blanc de Chine, London 1969, pl. 60B. Also see Kerr, R., & Ayers, J., Porcelain from Dehua: A Catalouge of the Hickley Collection, 2002, no. 93. An example was exhibited by Marchant, London in their 2014 Blanc-de-Chine exhibtion, no. 102.Furthermore, two similar examples are illustrated in John Ayers, The Royal Collection, 2016, no's, 85 & 86.