Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Famille Rose Teapot

Chinese Export Famille Rose Teapot - Chinese export famille rose porcelain teapot and cover, Qianlong ca. 1765. Decorated with a seated gentleman and a woman holding a fan within a spearhead cartouche. The spout formed as a dragon. The knop in the form of a peach. Illustrated in Howard, ”Choice of the Private Trader, ” pg. 152, no. 164. Provenance: Philip Suval Inc., 5 December 1979; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 6 in x width: 9 in x diameter: 5 in. Condition: There are two chips to the lid: one along the top and one along the edge. There are losses to the glaze layer to the handle. A couple of small frits to the tip of the spout. Light wear to the footrim.