An unusual Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25

An unusual Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25, the body applied and coloured with two small rabbits beneath a blossoming branch, the sun rising behind ruyi cloud scrolls, the reverse with further almond blossom, 16cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.231, no.276.