Description
A large Yixing teapot and cover 2nd half 19th century, by Shi Qian, decorated with calligraphy beneath a tall overhead handle modelled as gnarled twigs, impressed mark to the cover and one to the base of the handle, 23cm. (2)
The base with a hand-written label for the Huang-Hsiao Sing Collection.
Provenance: from the collection of Peter and Susan Wain.
Cf. K S Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing from the Ming Period to the Present Day, p.154 for a related example.
