Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 133
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY The coin-shaped body
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
The coin-shaped body, set with an angular jade handle, the flat pewter cover with a square jade knop, one side incised with a spray of blossoming orchid, and a poem about tea drinking to the reverse, inscribed by Zi Yun, a seal mark reading Shi De Tang to the interior, 14cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.