Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 106

An enamelled Yixing teapot and cover 19th century

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £420

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Description

An enamelled Yixing teapot and cover 19th century, the pear-shaped body decorated with colourful butterflies amidst peony, magnolia, prunus, pomegranate and gourd branches, incised calligraphic mark to the base for Mengchen, 17cm. (2) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Illustrated: Patrice Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, no.177.