a Yixing hexagonal teapot and cover

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a Yixing hexagonal teapot and cover
decorated with moulded panels of dragons chasing flaming pearls on geometric grounds -- 3½in. (9cm) high, silver mounts; a lobed cylindrical Yixing teapot with moulded bamboo handle and spout, pierced and decorated with leafy branches -- 4in. (10cm) high; and a curved rectangular box and cover, pierced and decorated with blossoming prunus branches beneath bands of swastika roundels -- 4¼in. (10.8cm) high, (minor damages).
See Illustration. (3)

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