Chinese 19th C Incised Pewter Teapot with punch-work and line designs of flowers to sides, the base stamped with 3 seals, with Double overhead handles and a strainer insert at mouth fitting the cover with flowers outside and stamps inside. Width from side to spout 6 1/4 inches (16 cm.). PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York.

Age related wear to dark patina, small dents to sides, spout and base. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.