An Yixing tea pot with 'Shou' character
Lot-No. 262
China, 19th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Ceramic with red body. Aluminium-mounting with handles, including the auspicious character 'Shou' (longevity). The cover with inlaid Guangxu-coin. Six-character manufactory mark (宜興雲記自造). H. 14 cm. - For a very similar tea pot with a Guangxu-coing see: Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, Hong Kong 1986, p. 214, ill. 136.
An Yixing tea pot with 'Shou' character
An Yixing tea pot with 'Shou' character
Lot-No. 262
China, 19th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Ceramic with red body. Aluminium-mounting with handles, including the auspicious character 'Shou' (longevity). The cover with inlaid Guangxu-coin. Six-character manufactory mark (宜興雲記自造). H. 14 cm. - For a very similar tea pot with a Guangxu-coing see: Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, Hong Kong 1986, p. 214, ill. 136.