Age: Qing Dynasty

Description: A superb brown Chinese 'purple' Yixing stoneware teapot and lid. Classic form, circular shouldered with undecorated surface. Incised calligraphy and impressed 4 character seal type mark on concave base.

Size: 5 3/8", 13.7 cm.

Provenance: From the Jennings Collection, Asheville, North Carolina. Acquired over a ten-year span.

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