A fine suite of miniature hardstone Chinese Teapots, a…
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A fine suite of miniature hardstone Chinese Teapots, a delightful collection of fifty miniature teapots, all individually crafted in differing shapes, each teapot with a tiny removable lid and all decorated with miniature incised poems, housed in the original velvet lined presentation box. Height 2.5 cm and smaller.

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  • Hardstone - Hardstone is not a scientific name for a particular gemstone, but a word used to describe any one or more semi-precious stones used in jewellery and decorative arts, and can include jade, agate, onyx, rock crystal, amber, jet and carnelian. Softer stones and minerals such as soapstone, and alabaster and hard stones used in building such as marble or granite are generally excluded.
  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

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