A CHINESE YIXING BAMBOO TEAPOT AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

Modelled as fifteen gathered bamboo stems, three slightly longer to form low feet, the spout, handle and finial formed as smaller stems, unmarked, 15.4cm. (2)

Cf. The Essence of Daintiness, Fine Yixing Stoneware From The Hezhengzhai Collection, pp.158-9, no.52 for two comparable examples.