Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 96

An enamelled Yixing teapot and cover 2nd half 18th century

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £4000

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Description

An enamelled Yixing teapot and cover 2nd half 18th century, the oval straight-sided body decorated with bright flowers and roundels around an applied horizontal bamboo band, the cover surmounted with Liu Hai's three-legged toad, 22cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing Teapots for Europe, no.57. Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001.