Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 99

A massive enamelled Yixing teapot 18th century

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £280

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Description

A massive enamelled Yixing teapot 18th century, painted with figures at various pursuits within an extensive landscape, between green diaper panels, impressed seal marks to the base, the spout and finial a replacement, 35.5cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing Teapots for Europe, no.318. Exhibited: Yixing, L'Art de la Theiere Pourpre, Royal Brussels Museum, April - September 2001.