Antique Chinese c1920 Double Happiness Tea Pot Cobalt Blue & White Hand Painted 7" Japanese cracks or hairlines

cracks or hairlines

There are tagane ato around the nakago indicating it was most certainly affixed to a sword

Thiskashigata measures 11" long by 4" wide by 1" deep

Having been safely stored

Despite having been lovingly and carefully displayed by 3 generations of collectors

Antique Chinese c1920 Double Happiness Tea Pot Cobalt Blue & White Hand Painted 7" Japanese cracks or hairlinesThis is an antique Chinese tea pot from the late Qing or early Republic period (c 1920). All hand painted in cobalt blue. Decorated in the popular Double Happiness motif popular from the Qing period. The foot and mouth are unglazed while the interior is fully glazed. The tea pot measure approximately 6 1 4" tall by about 7" in diameter by 9 1 2" including the spout (16 x 17. 5 x 24cm). A simple and elegant piece of history that's both collectible and