Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 367

A good Yixing Scholar in Garden teapot and cover modern

Estimate £6,000 - £8,000

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Description

A good Yixing Scholar in Garden teapot and cover modern, by Zhou Dingfang, the body of the teapot formed as a dark rocky outcrop with steps roughly hewn into the side, the cover surmounted with the eponymous scholar seated at a low table on which sits a teapot and solitary cup, square seal mark to the base, 20cm. Together with a framed certificate. (3) Exhibited: Aberystwyth International Potters Festival 1995, No. 20. Provenance: from the collection of Peter and Susan Wain. Acquired directly from the potter.