Shaped as a duck and a goldfish. The duck decorated with brass and copper inlays, relief feathers and patterns. Brass handles. Tea strainer. Stamped to the base. Height 11 cm, length 15.5 cm.
Goldfish with red glass eyes, decorated with relief scales and a pierced foot rim. The goldfish teapot has probably had an inner pot originally. Height 10 cm, length 16 cm. Stamp to the interior of the cover.
Wear. Dents.
Provenance
From the private collection of Eskil Artberg (1886-1974), thence by descent within the family.
Owner and cofounder of Japanska Magasinet, an antique shop in Stockholm founded 1909 by Eskil and his brother John Artberg (1878–1933). The brothers were active in trading Japanese and Chinese works of Art and also contributing by lending objects to the early exhibitions of both Japanese and Chinese Works of Art, such as for example the one in 1911 at Konstakademin, Stockholm. The shop first focused on Japanese Works of Art and Japanese papers that they sold to the Swedish Artists of the early 20th century, then after the war when the interest of Japanese Art cooled of, Eskil came to focus more on Chinese Works of Art. Both the Etnographic Museum in Stockholm and Östasiatiska Museet in Stockholm hold items in their collections that has been purchased from Japanska Magasinet.
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