MBO 03 An Yixing teapot and cover

清康熙 宜興提樑壺

Kangxi period (1662-1722), ca. 1695

The hexagonal red stoneware teapot is resting on six angular feet and set with a dragon head spout and upright handle in the form of two  dragons biting a pearl. The sides are moulded with dragons amongst waves. The cover is surmounted by a chilong finial encircled by three further chilong repeated on the shoulder. 
13.5 cm high

Sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam 14 May 1990, Lot 456

A similar teapot is in the British Museum and illustrated byValfre, P., Yixing, Teapots for Europe, 2000, No. 217

MBO 03 清康熙 宜興提樑壺
時代：清 康熙，約1695年。
特徵：六邊形茶壺，把手造型為雙龍搶珠。
尺寸：高13.5公分。
來源：阿姆斯特丹蘇富比1990年5月14日，拍品編號456。