Mao (猫), the word for cat in Chinese, is a homophone for an octogenarian (mao 耄) and a popular symbol of longevity and good luck. It is commonly believed that Buddhist monks brought cats to China for protection from mice and rats who attack silkworms and this reinforces their role as protective figures. Its symbolic use in art in China is a clear wish for a long life and why a ceramic cat is considered such an appropriate gift for any occasion, especially birthdays.
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This charming porcelain a cat teapot with a raised paw has a removable head to pour liquid into the vessel and a long sinuous tail handle for pouring liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The design is whimsical and colorful with a thin green ribbon collar and an impressive dangling ornamental bow with black accents defining the face, ears and head.
This porcelain rotund cat teapot with a raised paw and a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel. The long sinuous tail is a handle to pour tea from the opening at the end of the paw. He is whimsically and finely hand painted with colorful designs: blue for the ribbon-like collar, pink, green, black and blue accents on the face and head and green streaks on its coat and tail.
This glazed white porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw, most vessels in this genre, has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a long sinuous tail handle for pouring liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted whimsical and colorful design includes a thin ribbon-like blue collar and an impressive dangling ornamental bow with black accents that define the face, ears, head and paws,
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This porcelain figurine is a rotund cat teapot with a raised paw and a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel sitting on a mouse. The long sinuous tail is a handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The whimsical and colorful design with long ribbon and bow blue collar and dangling bow and the black, pink, and brown accents that define the face, ears, head, paws and body and all are hand-painted.
This charmingly plump white porcelain figurine is a cat teapot/creamer with a raised paw. Unlike others in this genre, it is a single piece without a removable head and, instead, has a large opening on the back below the neck for pouring liquid into the vessel. Its long sinuously curved tail acts as a handle for pouring liquid from the opening at the end of the cat’s paw. It is whimsically and colorfully hand-painted with a thin ribbon-like gold collar with dangling ornamental tassels and red, brown, gold, orange and black accents defining the face, ears, head and paws. Its condition is excellent with minor normal dark dot-like firing imperfections, discoloration and scratches demonstrating its age and use.
This charming antique white glazed porcelain figurine is a cat teapot with a raised paw with removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and long sinuous tail as a handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted design is whimsical and colorful with a thin ribbon-like blue collar and a dangling ornamental bow with black accents defining the face, ears, head and paws.
This charming porcelain cat teapot has a raised paw and a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a sinuous tail handle to pour from the opening at the end of the paw. The design is whimsical and colorful with a thin ribbon-like red collar, green bow and green, black and red accents defining the face, ears, head and paws, all beautifully hand-painted.
This charming white porcelain siamese cat teapot with a raised paw has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and a long sinuous tail handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The beautifully hand-painted design is whimsical and colorful with a thick dark red collar ribbon, matching ornamental bow and the ball under its left paw. Black, orange, red and blue accents define the cat’s face, ears, head, paws and the ball.
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This charming white porcelain cat teapot has a removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and long sinuous tail as a handle to pour out liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted design is whimsical and colorful featuring a thin ribbon-like gold collar and dangling ornamental bow and black accents and pink strokes that define the face, eyes, ears, head and paws.
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