A small Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25

A small Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25, modelled as a lotus bud with six petal panels moulded with further lotus, the handle formed as a scaly fish, the seed pod cover with a crab finial, restoration to the cover, 14cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.219, no.215.
Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001.