A pewter teapot and coverKangxiThe quatre-lobed pot with bronze damascened and incised decoration with pine trees, rockwork and the Three Abundances, pomegranate, peach and finger citron, the spout sharply everted, crowned with a stepped loop handle with lacquered reed covering.20.5cm (8in) high (2).注脚Compare the decoration and technique on the present lot with a pewter tea canister, c.1700, illustrated in D.S. Howard, A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, London 1997, p. 222, no. 302.