A FINE AND VERY UNUSUAL CANTON ENAMEL TEAPOT IN THE FORM OF A PEACH WITH GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the copper body worked in the form of a large ripe peach and a smaller fruit stacked on top forming a hinged cover, wreathed by a finely cast and incised gilt-bronze leafy stalk forming the gnarled handle and spout, the fruit skin delicately enamelled from pale bright green to rose pink, picked out with a blossoming sprig on the underside and five pale pink fluttering bats, the interior enamelled in pale turquoise 14 cm., 5 1/2 in.
A FINE AND VERY UNUSUAL CANTON ENAMEL TEAPOT IN THE FORM OF A PEACH WITH GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the copper body worked in the form of a large ripe peach and a smaller fruit stacked on top forming a hinged cover, wreathed by a finely cast and incised gilt-bronze leafy stalk forming the gnarled handle and spout, the fruit skin delicately enamelled from pale bright green to rose pink, picked out with a blossoming sprig on the underside and five pale pink fluttering bats, the interior enamelled in pale turquoise 14 cm., 5 1/2 in.
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