CHINA, 19-20TH CENTURYA collection of five Chinese Yixing pottery teapots. The lot includes a cylindrical body pot with flared handle decorated with gilt calligraphy and a painted nocturnal scene of cranes in flight, a butterscotch colored pot with incised calligraphy and open work stem style handle accented by foliage and beetles in relief, a small bulbous pot with incised calligraphy and cat fish decoration, a brown-red pot, and a fine dark brown bulbous pot with incised dragon decoration and figural steam release of a dragon with movable tongue. All five pots bear impressed signatures.

Dimensions:The largest measures 6" tall by 6 1/2" handle to spout with 4 5/8" diameter

First teapot from left to right with chip to inner lip of cover. The second butterscotch color is in very good condition. The third with carp in good condition. The fourth showing some staining from use with chips to inner rim lip. The last in overall good condition