Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 285

A Chinese Yixing brown stoneware teapot and cover

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £4500

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Description

A Chinese Yixing brown stoneware teapot and cover, formed to simulated sections of bamboo, carved with an open work leaf design, the spout, handle and knop simulating further bamboo sections, 18th century, 11.5cm. (2) Cf. K.S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, pl.7, p.32 for a similar example.