1457344

VINTAGE TEAPOT, SILVER INLAY JADE CARVED 12 #1457344

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VINTAGE TEAPOT, SILVER INLAY JADE CARVED 12 #1457344
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19TH CENTURY VINTAGE SILVER INLAY JADE TEAPOT - CARVED 12 ANIMALS. AN ABSOLUTE NEAT LITTLE TEAPOT. AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS A VINTAGE SILVER INLAY JADE TEAPOT - CARVED 12 ANIMALS. HOPEFULLY FROM THE PHOTO'S YOU CAN SEE HOW LIFELIKE AND VIVID THIS PIECE IS. AS YOU KNOW THE JADE AND SILVER ARE VERY COSTLY AND RARE. IT IS FAMOUS IN CHINA. WHAT IS BEING DISPLAYED ON THIS TEAPOT. THE 12 ANIMALS THAT REPRESENT THE 12 EARTHLY BRANCHES ARE USED TO SYMBOLIZE THE YEAR A PERSON IS BORN. WHAT I FIND SO UNIQUE TO THIS PIECE AN UNRELATED TO THE 12 ANIMALS IS THE LONG NECK OF THE DRAGON WITH THE FACE WITH AN OPEN MOUTH TO POUR THE "BREW" FROM THE CONTAINER. EACH OF THE 12-ANIMALS ARE DONE IN SLIVER AND THE TOP OF THE PIECE IS ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE WITH COLOR. IF YOU LIKE TEA OR WANT A CONVERSATON PIECE THIS OLD TEAPOT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT FOR HOURS. I WOULD DISPLAY IT AND JUST ADMIRE IT AND I GUESS IF YOU WISH, STEEP A CUP IN THE ANCIENT TIMES AND POUR THE BREW FROM THE DRAGONS MOUTH. IT IS JUST A SUPER NICE PIECE. THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH ME.
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<tr><td>Condition:MINT</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:EARLY 19TH CENTURY</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:CHINA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:5.12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:2.95</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:6.69</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:VINTAGE TEAPOT, SILVER INLAY JADE CARVED 12</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:JADE, SILVER</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Brookport, IL</td></tr>
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