A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body modelled with fish emerging from crashing waves, the handle formed as a large fish tail, the spout as a dragon's head, the finial with a fish's head emerging from the water, 14.1cm. (2)

Cf. P Valfré, Yixing, Teapots for Europe, p.222, no.225 for a similar example in the British Museum.