An Yixing coffee pot and cover mid 18th century

£300 - £500 £18,000

An Yixing coffee pot and cover mid 18th century, the tall cylindrical body decorated with three bands of shou characters between stylized chilong dragons, the inset cover tucked behind a tall, shaped flange, the spout with a fitted metal cap, 22cm tall. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Cf. Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.235, no.294 for a similar example.