Asian Art I - 18 May 2011

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An Yixing teapot and cover late 17th / early 18th century

£1,800 - £2,200 £15,000

An Yixing teapot and cover late 17th / early 18th century, the body applied to each side with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl of wisdom, the cover with a phoenix in flight between cloud scrolls, with vertical handle and hexagonal spout, 18cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.215, no.199. 
Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001.

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