A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT TEAPOT
KANGXI PERIOD, 1662-1722
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT TEAPOT** KANGXI PERIOD, 1662-1722 Of hexagonal tapering form, with six relief decorated panels divided by vertical silver-gilt bands, the panels decorated with auspicious emblems of pine, plum and peony blossoms, a pheonix, crane, rooster, deer, horse, lion, dragon, and fisherman, all against a stippled ground, the neck and domed cover with conforming decoration, with bamboo-form spout and handle, the handle later set with ivory insulators, the cover applied with plum-blossom finial, apparently unmarked, the base with English scratchweight 25+10 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high; 25 oz. (789 gr.) gross weight
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT TEAPOT
KANGXI PERIOD, 1662-1722
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT TEAPOT** KANGXI PERIOD, 1662-1722 Of hexagonal tapering form, with six relief decorated panels divided by vertical silver-gilt bands, the panels decorated with auspicious emblems of pine, plum and peony blossoms, a pheonix, crane, rooster, deer, horse, lion, dragon, and fisherman, all against a stippled ground, the neck and domed cover with conforming decoration, with bamboo-form spout and handle, the handle later set with ivory insulators, the cover applied with plum-blossom finial, apparently unmarked, the base with English scratchweight 25+10 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high; 25 oz. (789 gr.) gross weight
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