Cantonese-style Coffee Pot with Narrative Scene and Birds
A Chinese export ware coffee pot in the Cantonese manner, Republic era, of flared and lobed form with a domed lid and foliate finial, and with a scroll handle, the body decorated in the typical light Cantonese palette and floral style with a reserve depicting an interior narrative scene and another with birds and butterflies above a bouquet. Height 9.06 in.
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
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