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630 - A collection of four Chinese teapots, 18th century, comprising: one Yixing zisha ware, the compressed circular body rising from a circular foot, pierced and decorated with deer below a blossoming prunus tree against a diapered ground, applied with phoenix, finger citrons, chilong and deer to the side, mounted with a silver cover, handle and spout, a famille rose example, painted with deer and blossoming floral sprays in lotus petal-shaped panels, one Imari, the ovoid body painted with birds and prunus, and another, decorated with goldfish among water plants (8 to 14.5cm high) (8) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Yixing - spout, handle and cover replaced, with surface scratches and minor dents. One panel with a long crack. Famille rose - a small chip to cover and spout, cracked to body. Imari - cracked to handle, restored to rim. Goldfish - chipped to rim of cover, large cracks to body in various locations. Gilt losses.
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A collection of four Chinese teapots, 18th century, comprising: one Yixing zisha ware, the compressed circular body rising from a circular foot, pierced and decorated with deer below a blossoming prunus tree against a diapered ground, applied with phoenix, finger citrons, chilong and deer to the side, mounted with a silver cover, handle and spout, a famille rose example, painted with deer and blossoming floral sprays in lotus petal-shaped panels, one Imari, the ovoid body painted with birds and prunus, and another, decorated with goldfish among water plants (8 to 14.5cm high) (8) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Yixing - spout, handle and cover replaced, with surface scratches and minor dents. One panel with a long crack. Famille rose - a small chip to cover and spout, cracked to body. Imari - cracked to handle, restored to rim. Goldfish - chipped to rim of cover, large cracks to body in various locations. Gilt losses.
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