Asian Art I - 21st May 2014

Lot 69

Two Chinese Yixing teapots and covers probably 19th century

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £700

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Description

Two Chinese Yixing teapots and covers probably 19th century, with circular bodies, the larger inscribed to one side with a poem by Shao Er Quan, the base with a mark which reads shao shun chang zhi, the cover marked Shun Chang, the smaller teapot marked to the base yi pian you xiang chu, Meng Chen, the cover marked Shui Ping, 15cm. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Friedrich Wilhelm Sohm.