Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 37

Three Yixing teapots and covers 17th / 18th century

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £500

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Description

Three Yixing teapots and covers 17th / 18th century, one moulded as banded bamboo, the other two variously applied with chrysanthemum, pine, bamboo, peony, prunus and birds, damages and restoration, 20cm max. (6) One teapot with a paper label for the Henry Sandon collection. Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, no.253 (centre teapot). Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001 (centre teapot).