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81.

TEAPOT .

 Finely  decorated in   very subtil and delicate  FAMILLE  ROSE .   Classcic rounded shape with large handle and spout. Around d the neck a very large and finely elaborated  row of flowers and foliage in  gilt .  On each  side a different scene :  one with 2 ladies playing " go " on a table, watched by a boy, and with 2 carlins ;   the other  with the same 2 ladies , in conversation near a basket of flowers .

Period :           YONGZHENG  :       1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:  "  The  W.J HOLT Collection ",catal. Hobson , 1931 , fig. 278. 

Top- quality , perfect  condition  ,  unrecorded .