Three Asian Teapots

19th or 20th century, the first a Chinese bronze pumpkin form teapot with vine form handle, bas-relief vine and leaf decoration, and stem handle, marked to base (3 3/8 in.), the second a miniature bronze teapot with stem form handle and spout, peach form lid handle, marked to underside (3 in.), and the third a Yixing teapot with bas-relief squirrel and grape vine decoration, marked 順銓 (Shunquan) to underside of lid, square stamp with bamboo to underside of body (4 3/4 in.).

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Pumpkin teapot with consistent verdigris to interior, crevices of exterior, and surrounding vine handle, some rubbing to patina; miniature bronze teapot with consistent verdigris to interior, some at crevices to body, rubbing to patina mainly at handle and lid; Yixing teapot with break and repair to lid handle, nicks and chip to underside of lid.