Lot 34
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A Worcester fluted globular teapot and cover
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A Worcester fluted globular teapot and cover

CIRCA 1758

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A Worcester fluted globular teapot and cover
Circa 1758
Painted and gilt in the Kakiemon palette with a version of the 'Flaming Tortoise' pattern, each side with a vignette of the mythical beast above crabs between shrubs, below a border of gilt flowers and iron-red foliage (finial lacking, the cover extensively damaged and repaired, small chip and crack to tip of spout, some rubbing)
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain the Klesper Collection (London & Minneapolis 1984), p. 64, no. 63 for a teabowl and saucer with a similar pattern with reference to a fluted teapot in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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