Chinese song dynasty Hutian type celadon glazed porcelain teapot. H:17cm W:14cm.
Provenance: Property from the private Jian family collection. Chengrong Jian (1856-1936) was a tobacco merchant in the Jiangxi province and Fujian province. In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, he became a fourth rank official. He loved Chinese antiques, so he collected a lot of Chinese porcelain, ancient jade, bronze, and other antiques.

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