Cairo: A rare teapot has come under the hammer at an auction in the Saudi capital Riyadh famous for dealing in exotic items.

A video circulating on social media shows a local auctioneer, clad in the traditional Saudi attire, holding the teapot and bids for the highest price that eventually reaches SR850.

Another video shows the same auctioneer putting up for sale a chest for keeping pearls, which fetched SR750.

There was no word how much the pot eventually fetched.

The coffee pot, locally known as dalla, is closely linked to hospitality heritage in the Arabian Peninsula.

Saudi Arabia designated 2022 as the “Year of Saudi Coffee”, a national initiative celebrating Saudi coffee through a wide array of events and competitions. The Ministry of Culture has renamed Arabic coffee to Saudi coffee at all restaurants and coffee shops in the kingdom.