A famille verte hexagonal biscuit teapot and cover

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A famille verte hexagonal biscuit teapot and cover
with Buddhist lion finial and shaped wood handle, the panels decorated in moulded relief with boys holding palm fronds -- 5in. (13cm.) high; an Yixing teapot and cover with bamboo handle, decorated in relief with dragons and cranes, gilt metal mounted with blackamoor heads -- 8in. (20cm.) wide; and four further Yixing teapots, 18th and 19th Century. (6)

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