Molded with Chinese figures at various pursuits
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Estate of Lucy Truman Aldrich, acquired 1955.

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It is likely that the designs for the panels on this teapot come from George Edwards and Matthew Darly's A New Book of Chinese Designs. See Christie's, London, 20 January 2008, lot 210 and in the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2006, lot 14 for two similar examples.