Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 65
Two Chinese Yixing teapots 18th/early 19th century
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £500
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Description
Two Chinese Yixing teapots 18th/early 19th century, one with a duanni body modelled as bamboo and decorated with darker spots, xiang fei zhu, the handle and finial modelled as branches, the spout metal, the other cylindrical, enamelled to the exterior with pagodas, horses and rockwork, the latter with an impressed mark which reads shao yong ding zhi, 26cm max. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Friedrich Wilhelm Sohm.