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    Antique/Vintage Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (17022B-ZLK) $135

    Original price was: $135.00.Current price is: $114.75.
    H: 7” W: 6.5” D: 3.625” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This glazed white porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw, like most vessels in this genre, has a removable head, a long sinuous tail handle and a raised paw as a spout. 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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    Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (19420B-UAS) $145

    Original price was: $145.00.Current price is: $123.25.
    H: 8” W: 8” D: 3.75” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This charming vintage porcelain cat teapot with raised paw for pouring tea, removable head and a sinuous tail handle is whimsical and colorful with a red ribbon collar, green bow and green, black and red accents defining the expressive face, ears, head and paws, all beautifully hand-painted.

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    Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (19420C-VAS) $135

    Original price was: $135.00.Current price is: $114.75.
    H: 7.25” W: 8” D: 4” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This porcelain rotund cat teapot has a raised paw to poured tea, a removable head to add water and long sinuous tail  handle. 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.

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    Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (19420E-VAS) $130

    Original price was: $130.00.Current price is: $110.50.
    H: 7”  W: 6.5”  D: 3.625” | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!

    This charming Chinese Republic porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw used to pour tea and removable head for adding water has a long sinuous tail handle to pour brewed tea from the opening at the end of the paw. The accents defining the face, ears, head, and paws and the whimsical and colorful, thin blue ribbon collar and dangling ornamental bow are beautifully hand painted.

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    Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (19420F-XAS) $130

    Original price was: $130.00.Current price is: $110.50.
    H: 7”  W: 8.625”  D: 3.625” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    Unlike other white porcelain cat tepots, this charmingly plump  one is a single piece. Tea is poured from its raised paw but it has no removable head for adding water. Instead, water is added using the opening on its back. Its long sinuously curved tail is a handle and its paw is the spout. 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.

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    Porcelain Teapot as Attendant Serving Tea, Chinese Republic (17037WRK) $265

    Original price was: $265.00.Current price is: $225.25.
    Ht: 8.5” W: 5” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This small charming Qing or early Chinese Republic teapot is in the form of an attendant, the arm she holds up imitates the spout of a teapot, the left arm arches to touch her waist suggesting a teapot handle and the hair is atop her head with flowers is a removable lid for pouring tea inside. She typical attendant clothing, a high mandarin collared jacket draped over a flaring skirt that is the piece’s base.

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    Vintage Terracotta Cow, India (11322YAK) $105

    Original price was: $105.00.Current price is: $89.00.
    H: 7” W: 8.25” D: 3.125” | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!

    This charming vintage figurine of a cow suckling its calf was mold-made in separate parts, hand-luted and painted, resulting in images made from the same mold unique and individualized. Pieces like this were created by provincial craftsman for use in home altars along with favored deities. Although having strong rural roots, terracottas have become an integral part of the life of Indians of all socio-economic levels and many of these images are displayed in most Indian households. As modern pieces are mass-produced, those produced in the first half of the 20th century are becoming viewed as collectibles.

     

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    Vintage Terracotta Policeman, India (11296ZLE) $105

    Original price was: $105.00.Current price is: $89.25.
    H: 10.25  W: 3.5″  D: 2.75″ | FREE SHIPPING!

    This colorful terracotta figurine of an Indian policeman stands on a blue base wearing a typical outfit of black boots, a long-sleeved tunic with white borders, a high belt, and a red, green, and brown wrapped turban with white borders that combine to portray an extremely confident figure. This vintage image is mold-made in two parts and was hand-luted and artfully hand-painted so all images made from the mold are unique and individualized. The provincial piece was created by a village craftsman and it is possible it may have been used in a home altar.  It is in good condition with some minor surface cracks, paint losses and repainting to the nose.

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    Vintage Terracotta Raja on Horse, India (11295GAK) $145

    Original price was: $145.00.Current price is: $123.25.
    H: 9.125″ W: 6.125″ D: 3.5″ |FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This charming colorful terracotta image represents a crowned mustached raja – an Indian King, prince, noble or dignitary – with an elaborate high crown and sumptuous jewelry draped over his chest riding an elegant and well-muscled rearing horse with its front right leg in the air, a common theme in Indian art. The decorative garlands around the horse’s neck, green plants, and ground over which the horse and rider glide, long arching horse tail, the twist of the raja’s body so he faces forward, and other aspects of the piece add dramatic energy. Made from bivalve moulds that are hand luted and painted, no two images are identical.

     

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    Vintage Terracotta Shiva Lingam with Parvati, India (11325JLK) $165

    Original price was: $165.00.Current price is: $140.25.
    H: 8”  W: 6”  D: 4” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN cONTINENTAL u.s.!

    This colorful terracotta image devotional image of Shiva and Parvati was used for daily puja in a Hindu home. Shiva is represented by a lingham, a symbolic phallus, while Parvati is portrayed as a female deity figure. The dark green tree behind them highlights both of them and a garland of colorful flowers draped over the dark Shiva lingham emphasizes the importance and power of Shiva. The orange and black snake at the apex of the garland is Vasuli, the charm Shiva usually wares around his neck who represents Shiva’s power and fearlessness, while Parvati reaches across to the lingham to designate Shiva as the central focus of the composition.

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