Details
Of tapering ovoid form with two copper bail handles and the pierced cover with two double gourd stamps 'Yufeng', a square shop seal with 'Yufeng' in both Chinese and Manchurian on the base, and a two-character 'ting sheng' seal on the shoulder
5⅝ in. (14.3 cm.) high


Provenance
The Irving Collection, no. 32Y.
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The Yufeng workshop was established by the Qing scholar Wu Qinan in the second year of the Xuantong period (1910) of the Qing dynasty. This teapot was meant for daily use in regular households, and came in four different sizes. The Yufeng workshop remained in production until the 1970s.

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