$119
Bronze Teapot, Japan, 19th century, decorated with a band of small scrolls, the short spout cast as a mouse on one side, C-scroll handle on the other, the flat lid chained to the handle, pedestal foot, ht. 6 3/4 in. Provenance: Descended in the estate of a Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City academic family. Minor loss to the foot, indecipherable characters cast on the base and the inside of the lid
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-25