Asian Art I - 18th May 2011

Lot 113

An Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £28000

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Description

An Yixing teapot and cover c.1700-25, the narrow slightly waisted body decorated with four roundels containing the Three Friends of Winter above swastika type motifs, the cover with a flattened mythical beast, minor restoration, 14cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.228, no.257.