• Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Yixing teapot
  • Yixing teapot
  • Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot
  • Chinese Yixing teapot

A Chinese Yixing Teapot and Cover, late Qing dynasty to early Republic period

This teapot is modelled as a prunus tree trunk with applied sprigging and a circular branch collar or scar. The handle, spout and knop resemble gnarled flowering prunus branches. The pot has a seven-hole strainer.

Base – an impressed seal mark Yixing zisha (purple sand from Yixing); Lid – an impressed two-character mark Youting (the name of the potter).

Since the 1500s, Yixing ware teapots have been made from zisha or ‘purple sand’ from Jiangsu Province, China. The potter was responsible for every aspect of production, modelling entirely by hand and using wooden, bamboo or horn implements to create the decoration. Tiny white spots of mica, small black spots from firing, and tiny holes in the surface are all characteristic of Yixing clay and production methods.

For Chinese tea connoisseurs, the Yixing teapot is regarded as the best of all for brewing perfect tea.

Condition: No cracks or restoration, just small frits to the upper edge of the pot, the edge of the cover, and a flat chip to the flange. Typical age-related wear and scuffs.

Dimensions: Length (spout to handle) 19.5 cm; Height (to top of knop) 10 cm

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