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Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Mar 25, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 468

Four Chinese Export Porcelain Teapots

Estimate: $500 - $700

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

18th century, one of drum shape with double strap handle, cover with molded raspberry finial, decorated en grisaille and gilt with pseudo-armorial "HH", 5-1/2 x 9-3/4 in.; teapot enamel painted in the famille rose palette, scene with mandarin ducks in a flowery landscape, 4-3/4 x 7-3/8 in.; two famille rose mandarin teapots, enamel painted scenes of figures outside, larger 5-3/4 x 8 in.

Provenance: The Important Private Collection of a Rocky Mountain Couple

Condition

drum example with restorations; duck example with restorations to cover; smaller rose mandarin example with restoration to handle, chips to foot rim; larger rose mandarin example with scattered retouch; other scattered scratches and wear, some glaze fritting

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