Asian Art - 14th November 2017

Lot 166

A CHINESE INSCRIBED AND DATED PEWTER-ENCASED 'WANING MOON' YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER 1830 The...

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £4400

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Description

A CHINESE INSCRIBED AND DATED PEWTER-ENCASED 'WANING MOON' YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER

1830

The moon-shaped body, set with a jade handle, spout and knop, one side incised with a fisherman, the reverse with a poem describing an autumnal night scene, signed Xi Liu, a four character seal to the interior Yang Peng Nian Zhi, 15.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.