A RARE CHINESE RED-LACQUERED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER PROBABLY MID-QING DYNASTY The body decorated...

A RARE CHINESE RED-LACQUERED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER

PROBABLY MID-QING DYNASTY

The body decorated with two cartouches containing scrollwork on a cell diaper ground, the rim with a band of ruyi heads, the cover with an animal finial, 18.5cm. (2)

Cf. Wang Jianhua, Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace Museum, pp.42-44 for other lacquered Yixing teapots.