(1912-1949) The Qing (Ch’ing or Manchu) the last Chinese imperial dynasty, collapsed in 1912 and replaced by the Chinese Republic of China founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and lasted until the 1949 Communist takeover. After the Qing fell, porcelain production declined due to political turmoil, which led to the belief that porcelain quality also suffered. Recent scholarship confirms that porcelain output actually thrived in privately owned new kilns in Jingdezhen which copied and preserved porcelain techniques and high standards from the acclaimed imperial kilns and created superbly crafted pieces. Without imperial backing and oppressive oversight, guilds, artists and factories managed former imperial kilns creating modern porcelain which was more diverse, stylistically advanced and absorbed Western shapes and styles. Though this era has not yet received its full respect, late Qing, Republic Period and later 20th century porcelains are now recognized for their high-quality and skillful decoration and have become highly collectible.
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This charming white porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a sinuous tail handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The beautifully hand-painted whimsical and colorful designs include with a thin ribbon-like blue collar and an impressive dangling ornamental bow with black accents that define the face, ears, head and paws.
This charming porcelain a cat teapot with a raised paw has a removable head to pour liquid into the vessel and a long sinuous tail handle for pouring liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The design is whimsical and colorful with a thin green ribbon collar and an impressive dangling ornamental bow with black accents defining the face, ears and head.
Known as the Laughing, Happy, or Fat Buddha, Budai is regarded as a deity of contentment and plenty. Like most Early Chinese Republic porcelains this piece is hand decorated in famille rose enamels with vivid blue, red, and green pigments portrayed as a stout, smiling, bald monk in robes with a large, exposed pot belly surrounded by five children. Since the stomach is considered the seat of the soul in Chinese beliefs, it demonstrates his open heartedness. His wide smile attracts the children surrounding his body indicating his regard for them and his joy when they encircle him and well as the belief he can bequeath families with children.
This porcelain rotund cat teapot with a raised paw and a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel. The long sinuous tail is a handle to pour tea from the opening at the end of the paw. He is whimsically and finely hand painted with colorful designs: blue for the ribbon-like collar, pink, green, black and blue accents on the face and head and green streaks on its coat and tail.
This charming porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw and removable head for pouring liquid in the vessel has a long sinuous tail handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The accents defining the face, ears, head and paws and the whimsical and colorful thin ribbon-like blue collar and dangling ornamental bow are beautifully hand-painted.
This glazed white porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw, most vessels in this genre, has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a long sinuous tail handle for pouring liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted whimsical and colorful design includes a thin ribbon-like blue collar and an impressive dangling ornamental bow with black accents that define the face, ears, head and paws,
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This porcelain figurine is a rotund cat teapot with a raised paw and a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel sitting on a mouse. The long sinuous tail is a handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The whimsical and colorful design with long ribbon and bow blue collar and dangling bow and the black, pink, and brown accents that define the face, ears, head, paws and body and all are hand-painted.
This charmingly plump white porcelain figurine is a cat teapot/creamer with a raised paw. Unlike others in this genre, it is a single piece without a removable head and, instead, has a large opening on the back below the neck for pouring liquid into the vessel. Its long sinuously curved tail acts as a handle for pouring liquid from the opening at the end of the cat’s paw. It is whimsically and colorfully hand-painted with a thin ribbon-like gold collar with dangling ornamental tassels and red, brown, gold, orange and black accents defining the face, ears, head and paws. Its condition is excellent with minor normal dark dot-like firing imperfections, discoloration and scratches demonstrating its age and use.
This charming antique white glazed porcelain figurine is a cat teapot with a raised paw with removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and long sinuous tail as a handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted design is whimsical and colorful with a thin ribbon-like blue collar and a dangling ornamental bow with black accents defining the face, ears, head and paws.
This charming white porcelain siamese cat teapot with a raised paw has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a long sinuous tail handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The beautifully hand-painted design is whimsical and colorful with a thick dark red collar ribbon, matching ornamental bow and the ball under its left paw. Black, orange, red and blue accents define the cat’s face, ears, head, paws and the ball.
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This charming white porcelain cat teapot has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and long sinuous tail as a handle to pour out liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted design is whimsical and colorful featuring a thin ribbon-like gold collar and dangling ornamental bow and black accents and pink strokes that define the face, eyes, ears, head and paws.
This charming porcelain cat teapot has a raised paw and a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a sinuous tail handle to pour from the opening at the end of the paw. The design is whimsical and colorful with a thin ribbon-like red collar, green bow and green, black and red accents defining the face, ears, head and paws, all beautifully hand-painted.
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