A rare Chinese parcel-gilt hexagonal-section silver teapot and cover Kangxi 1662-1722, the lobed body with six panels cast in relief depicting small figures, pagodas, flowers, trees and birds, the handle modelled as a gnarled branch, the spout as a tapering section of bamboo, the neck with Buddhist emblems above a band of gilt ruyi-heads, the cover surmounted by a gilt Buddhist lion dog, unmarked, 18cm. (2)

Cf. The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, for a related teapot dated to c.1680, Museum no.M.69:1,2-1955. See also Christie's, New York, 23rd October 2008, lot 233.