Chinese Famille Rose Export Porcelain Teapot and Cover.
Chinese Famille Rose Export Porcelain Teapot and Cover. With lobed sides sweeping up to a undulating gilt rim and gently flared towards to the recessed base, applied with a pierced loop handle and tapered spout, decorated around the body with two opposing dragons facing a fiery pearl amidst a dense pattern of flames, all below a brocade frieze interrupted by four reserves of bird and flower designs, the fitted cover painted with a similar dragon motif, with a pierced finial. {Height: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm)}.
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Chinese Famille Rose Export Porcelain Teapot and Cover. With lobed sides sweeping up to a undulating gilt rim and gently flared towards to the recessed base, applied with a pierced loop handle and tapered spout, decorated around the body with two opposing dragons facing a fiery pearl amidst a dense pattern of flames, all below a brocade frieze interrupted by four reserves of bird and flower designs, the fitted cover painted with a similar dragon motif, with a pierced finial. {Height: 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm)}.