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A Chinese gilt-copper oviform teapot
with branch handle and simulated bamboo spout, the fluted body decorated in silver and gilt with panels of a tiger, deer and birds among pine, prunus and fruiting peach branches issuing from rockwork -- 4.3/4.in (12.1cm) high, 18th Century, incised marks to base, (cover missing, rubbing).
See Colour Plate.
with branch handle and simulated bamboo spout, the fluted body decorated in silver and gilt with panels of a tiger, deer and birds among pine, prunus and fruiting peach branches issuing from rockwork -- 4.3/4.in (12.1cm) high, 18th Century, incised marks to base, (cover missing, rubbing).
See Colour Plate.