A CHINESE YIXING PHOENIX TEAPOT AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

Naturalistically modelled in a crouched position, its head turned over its back, its plumage depicted in relief, the finial formed with clouds, 17cm. (2)

Cf. The Art of the Yixing Potter, The K.S Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, p.219, no.106 for a comparable example.