#3145 • Vietnamese 18th C. Famille Rose Bamboo Teapot

Part of Royal Artifacts,Fine Jewelry & Timepieces (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $10,500-$11,000 Vietnamese 18th C. Famille Rose Porcelain Bamboo Teapot W/Archaic Seal Marking (From a Vietnamese Royal Family) - This beautiful porcelain teapot is elaborately decorated in the famille rose style with peaches and Buddhist scrolls against a vivid blue ground. Peaches were widely used to decorate imperial porcelain for preceding emperors, and are known as omens of longevity and harbingers of happiness, and flowering peach branches are believed to ward off evil. This piece has excellent investment potential, as it is thought by experts around the world and avid collectors that due to the rapid modernization of Vietnam, Vietnamese antiques will within the next ten years be more valuable than Chinese antiques. According to some of the most expert collectors in the world, what used to sell for hundreds are now selling for tens of thousands. This piece comes from the estate of a Vietnamese Royal Family (the family now lives in the United States, and wishes to remain private as they still have relatives living in Vietnam). Measurements: 3"H x 5.5"W.