An Yixing teapot and cover 2nd half 18th century

An Yixing teapot and cover 2nd half 18th century, modelled as a section of bamboo, the cover surmounted with Liu Hai's three-legged toad, square seal mark to the base, 17.5cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.180, no.53.
Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001.