A GOOD CHINESE YIXING CALLIGRAPHIC TEAPOT AND COVER BY HUI YIGONG

QING DYNASTY

With a slightly compressed square-section body, and angled handle, raised on four curved bracket feet, one side delicately incised with bamboo, the reverse with an inscription which reads qing feng zhu yun, the base inscribed lin zhong sheng yu zhu, and signed Yigong, 16cm. (2)

The poem to the base can be translated as: 'in the woods, jade coloured bamboo grows abundantly'.

Provenance: formerly a deceased estate, Oxfordshire.