Two rare Chinese export porcelain teapots and covers with moulded bodies, the spout as bird's head and handle ends as fish tails, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with flowers.

Dois raros bules gomados em porcelana Chinesa de exportao (Companhia das ndias), bico em forma de cabea de ave e

final da asa como cauda de peixe, decorados com flores em azul de cobalto sobre o vidrado.

C. 1730, Yongzheng reign/reinado, Qing dynasty/dinastia.

Height/Altura: 11 cm.

Bibliography/Bibliografia:

-"Yang-ts'ai: The Foreign Colors. Rose Porcelain of the Ch'ing Dynasty" catalogue by H. A. Crosby-Forbes, 1982, cat 11.

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