A Group of Three Chinese Export Porcelain Teapots and Dish

Qianlong period (1736-1795), includes three porcelain teapots and a dish, each hand painted with Mandarin figures at leisure on riverside terraces and bird cartouches.

Largest teapot 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 5 in., Dish 8 1/8 in. diameter

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Rubbing with loss to gilt on teapots; repair and restoration to handle on one teapot, hairline to body of same teapot; repair and restoration to spout and surrounding area to one teapot; restoration to spout of one teapot; small chips to rim of dish.