Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 360

A small Yixing teapot and cover 19th century

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

A small Yixing teapot and cover 19th century, applied around the shoulders with nuts and seeds, the three feet formed as nuts, the cover as an inverted mushroom, 12cm. (2) Paper label for Sydney L Moss Ltd. Provenance: from the collection of Peter and Susan Wain. Cf. Patrice Valfré, Yixing Teapots for Europe, no.142 for a related example.