Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 89

An Yixing teapot and cover 18th century

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £8500

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Description

An Yixing teapot and cover 18th century, the globular body applied in cream slip with a scrolling stylized dragon to each side, the cover surmounted with a brocade ball finial, the spout issuing from a moulded animal mask, the cover's finial restored, 18cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, no.307. Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001.