Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 79

A small square-section Yixing teapot and cover 1st half 19th century

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £420

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Description

A small square-section Yixing teapot and cover 1st half 19th century, each side naively painted with bamboo and other foliage on a pale creamy orange ground, a little restoration, 14cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Cf. K. S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, no.114 for a similar example.