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The first is a ?hundred fruit? teapot shaped as an upside-down pomegranate and crafted with a water caltrop as handle and a lotus root as a spout, the shoulder is decorated with various seeds and nuts, and it stands on further seed and nut feet including a lotus root with articulated pods. The cover is shaped as mushroom. The second is a ?hundred fruit? similarly decorated and the interior glazed turquoise. The last is a pair of cups enamelled to the exterior with four characters and the interiors enamelled turquoise
The largest, 17 cm. wide
Catalogue note:
A similar ?hundred fruit? is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, accession number 1991.054.017 a,b
Condition: The ?hundred fruit? teapot:
The cover is missing its finial and with chips to the rim.
The teapot with a firing crack to the lotus root spout.
The ?hundred fruit? cup:
With two thin y-shaped cracks to the rim.
7 cm. diam.
The pair of enamelled cups:
One cup with shallow chips to the rim.
7 cm. diam.
Origin: China
Period: 19th/20th century
Sizes: 17.00 cm. W
6.69 in. W