An Yixing teapot with naturalistic handle
Lot-No. 295
China, around 1900. Ceramic with reddish-brown body. Curved cylindrical shape with naturalistic handle and relief of prunus blossoms. Manufactory mark 'Yixing zisha gehu' (宜興紫砂各壺). H. 10 cm. - Regarding the shape and the decoration see a very similar teapot in: Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, Hong Kong 1986, p. 155, ill. 83.
An Yixing teapot with naturalistic handle
An Yixing teapot with naturalistic handle
Lot-No. 295
China, around 1900. Ceramic with reddish-brown body. Curved cylindrical shape with naturalistic handle and relief of prunus blossoms. Manufactory mark 'Yixing zisha gehu' (宜興紫砂各壺). H. 10 cm. - Regarding the shape and the decoration see a very similar teapot in: Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing, Hong Kong 1986, p. 155, ill. 83.