Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 161

A rare Yixing teapot and cover mid 18th century

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £6000

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Description

A rare Yixing teapot and cover mid 18th century, the curved square-section body applied with a band of stiff leaves to the foot, the neckrim impressed with a key fret band, the cover surmounted by a lion dog biting into a spinning brocade ball, oval seal mark to the cover, some restoration to the cover, 20cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Arthur J Harris.