AN ENAMELLED YIXING BROWN POTTERY LEYS JAR, ZHADOU

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AN ENAMELLED YIXING BROWN POTTERY LEYS JAR, ZHADOU
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Decorated around the bulbous body in blue and white enamels with a band of peony design, between classic scroll and keyfret bands around the foot, the flaring neck with a band of upright leaves below a band of ruyi-lappets, the underside and interior enamelled green--3½in. (8.9cm) high

Lot Essay

For a square Yixing teapot and cover later in date with comparable decoration, see the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Special Exhibition, Yixing Pottery, 1981, Catalogue, pl. 64; and from the K.S. Lo Collection, The Art of the Yixing Potter, no. 64

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