An Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25

£1,500 - £2,000 £28,000

An Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25, the narrow slightly waisted body decorated with four roundels containing the Three Friends of Winter above swastika type motifs, the cover with a flattened mythical beast, minor restoration, 14cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.228, no.257.