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A SILVER EXPORT TEAPOT
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The teapot is decorated with battle
scenes in cartouches surrounded by foral
decorations, including bamboo, peony
and chrysanthemum. A fu character
decorates the fnial. The base is marked
with two maker’s mark reading gan xing
and jiu jiang.
8 in. (20.2 cm.) wide, handle to spout

£800-1,200 $1,100-1,500
€930-1,400

清十九世紀末/二十世紀初 外銷花卉
紋銀茶壺

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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED OLD DUTCH FAMILY COLLECTION PROVENANCE

311 The vendor is a descendant of two famous Dutch tea families,
TWO YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS written about by the renowned Dutch writer Hella Haasse in her
18TH CENTURY novel The Tea Lords, published in 1992.

The frst teapot is of hexagonal shape and each side is moulded 清十八世紀 宜興紫砂茶壺一組兩件

with a bird perched in a fowering tree. The second, square, 來源： 荷蘭貴族私人舊藏

teapot is decorated on each side with a phoenix in fight above

fowering branches.

The largest 3¡ in. (8.7 cm.) high (2)

£1,500-2,500 $1,900-3,100
€1,800-2,900

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