Bidspirit auction | 3 Chinese Export Imari Teapots

3 Chinese Export Imari Teapots - Group of three Chinese export Imari porcelain teapots and covers, ca. first half 18th century. Each with shouldered bodies beneath a domed cover. Two decorated with ruyi-head panels of garden vignettes. The third with a stylized garden scene on each side showing a partially unrolled scroll painting. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part II, ” 22 January 2003, Lot 14; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height ranges from 5 3/4 in to 6 1/4 in; width ranges from 6 3/4 in to 7 1/4 in; diameter ranges from 4 1/2 in to 4 3/4 in. Condition: To one of the teapots, there are accretions along the rim that fluoresce under UV light. There is a fleabite chip along the mouth of the spout. There is a small chip, or possible rounded firing flaw, along the apex of the finial along the teapot's lid. Fleabite to small-sized chips along the interior rim of the lid. To the smaller of the two teapots featuring cartouches depicing garden fences, there are small to moderate-sized chips along the mouth of the spout. To the larger of the two teapots with cartouches depicting garden fences, there is large chip along the mouth of the spout. Small chip along the base of the handle. There are small to moderate chips and losses to the glaze along the raised horizontal band above the teapot's footrim. To each of the teapots, there is a rounded firing flaw along the underside of the handle; to the largest teapot, there are small chips and losses radiating from the firing flaw. There are fleabite to small-sized chips along the footrims and the interior rim of the lids. There are rounded and linear firing flaws. Wear to the gilt and glaze, including losses to the gilt.