A CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-DECORATED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER

QING DYNASTY

The exterior of the body and cover decorated in red lacquer and gilt with insects in flight amidst chrysanthemum blooms, all reserved on a black lacquer ground, the cover surmounted by a pierced compressed circular knop, 15cm. (2)

Cf. J Wang, Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace Museum, pp.70-71, no.19 for a similar teapot and cover from the Qianlong period originally in the Qing Court Collection.