Asian Art I - 20th May 2015
Lot 85
A CHINESE YIXING PHOENIX TEAPOT AND COVER 18TH CENTURY Naturalistically modelled in a crouched...
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A CHINESE YIXING PHOENIX TEAPOT AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Naturalistically modelled in a crouched position, its head turned over its back, its plumage depicted in relief, the finial formed with clouds, 17cm. (2)
Cf. The Art of the Yixing Potter, The K.S Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, p.219, no.106 for a comparable example.