Description
the teapot of archaistic form, the body rising from a flat base with scalloped edges, the spout, handle, and knob all mounted with jade, the pewter case engraved with orchid on one side and with a poem on the reverse, signed 'Engraved by Zhi An', the interior of the teapot signed 'Made by Fan Luzeng'
Dimensions
18cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Glasgow collection; collected in the 1960s and 1970s.
Note:
For a similar pewter-encased Yixing teapot, see Poly Auction's sale in their Beijing rooms on 08.12.2018, lot 5036.