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Chinese Famille Verte Glazed Porcelain Teapot

Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722

Description

Of bamboo form. Decorated with alternating bands of flowers and quite unusually: multicolored imitation bamboo sections. With correspondingly decorated handle, spout, and finial. All beautifully painted in bright enamels.
Height: 5 ¼ inches (13.5 cm.)
Similar and related examples: Taft Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, London; historic collection of Augustus the Strong at the Zwinger Museum, Dresden; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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