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Chinese export porcelain famille rose Buddhist lion or foo dog teapot and cover, ca. early Qianlong period. The sides reticulated with flower heads within a lotus panel and surrounded by a cell pattern. One lion as a handle and the other perched on the spout. Each modeled crouched with heads turned. The finial in the form of a rooster. Provenance: Douglas Lorie Inc., Palm Beach, 22 February 1995; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. For examples of similar teapots see: Christie's New York, "Chinese Export Art Featuring the Tibor Collection, Part II," 23 January 2020, lot 80. Sotheby's London, "Fine Chinese Export Porcelain from the collection of Angelo Castelo Branco Caldas," 8 May 1990, lot 38. Christie's New York, "Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art," 2 December 1993, lot 342. Christie's New York, "Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," 15 September 2016, lot 953. Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 6 1/2 in x diameter: 4 1/4 in.
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