A YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER.
A YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER.
Signed Wang Youlan.
The rounded body rising to wide shoulders and a short neck, lobed into six sections each with an bowed cocave face, the shoulders set wth twelve equally spaced studs, the S-shaped teapot emerging from the mouth of a mythical beast opposite the handle, the well-fitted cover set with a spherical finial, the base with an impressed Wang Youlan zhi mark, 12cm H. (2)
宜興紫砂蓋壺，陽文「王友蘭製」篆書款
Wang Youlan (1644 – 1722) created yixing teapots for the Kangxi Emperor and pieces are retained in the Imperial Collection in Beijing.
(Qty: 2)
Estimated at £500 - £800
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A YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER.
Signed Wang Youlan.
The rounded body rising to wide shoulders and a short neck, lobed into six sections each with an bowed cocave face, the shoulders set wth twelve equally spaced studs, the S-shaped teapot emerging from the mouth of a mythical beast opposite the handle, the well-fitted cover set with a spherical finial, the base with an impressed Wang Youlan zhi mark, 12cm H. (2)
宜興紫砂蓋壺，陽文「王友蘭製」篆書款
Wang Youlan (1644 – 1722) created yixing teapots for the Kangxi Emperor and pieces are retained in the Imperial Collection in Beijing.
(Qty: 2)
Estimated at £500 - £800
