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Antique Yixing

Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s
Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s

Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s

Located in Beograd, RS

In this listing you will find an antique ceramic teapot done in black clay. This is a Yixing teapot made in the Qing dynasty. The square chop tells us the location 营口 (Yinkow) on the...

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1910s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Yixing

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Ceramic

Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s
Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s

Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s

Located in Beograd, RS

In this listing you will find an antique ceramic teapot done in black clay. This is a Yixing teapot made in the Qing dynasty. The square chop tells us the location 营口 (Yinkow) on the...

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1910s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Yixing Zisha Incense Burner by Wu Jianli 吳建立
Chinese Yixing Zisha Incense Burner by Wu Jianli 吳建立

Chinese Yixing Zisha Incense Burner by Wu Jianli 吳建立

Located in Nottingham, GB

For more than five centuries, the city of Yixing has been celebrated as the spiritual home of China's famed zisha, or "purple sand," stoneware.

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Late 18th Century Antique Yixing

Materials

Porcelain

Yixing Zisha Glazed Ceramic Bowl, Hand Painted Chevron Design, 20th Century
Yixing Zisha Glazed Ceramic Bowl, Hand Painted Chevron Design, 20th Century

Yixing Zisha Glazed Ceramic Bowl, Hand Painted Chevron Design, 20th Century

Located in Chatham, ON

Antique Yixing Zisha studio pottery bowl - incised interior rim - exterior hand-painted chevron decoration - finished with a milky white glaze to the interior of the bowl and the bas...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chongzhen / Shunzhi Period Chinese Porcelain Blue & White  TeaPot
Antique Chongzhen / Shunzhi Period Chinese Porcelain Blue & White  TeaPot

Antique Chongzhen / Shunzhi Period Chinese Porcelain Blue & White TeaPot

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

The shape is unusual and is mimicking Ming Yixing teapot/winepots. The handle is particulary interesting because it was made upside down, this is seen on some rare Ming Yixing pieces.

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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Yixing

Materials

Porcelain

The Dawn of Neoclassicism: A Redware Engine-Turned Coffee Pot
The Dawn of Neoclassicism: A Redware Engine-Turned Coffee Pot

The Dawn of Neoclassicism: A Redware Engine-Turned Coffee Pot

Located in Downingtown, PA

Its primary inspiration was the highly prized, unglazed brown or red Yixing stoneware imported from China. By the mid-18th century, redware forms often copied European silver hollowa...

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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Yixing

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900

Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

Dated to the late 19th century, the box is crafted of a dark hardwood and was once used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable element of the opium pipe o...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

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Hardwood

Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish

Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Tao Yuanming's fifth and final stint, as Penze county magistrate (beginning March of the first year of the Yixing regnal year), only lasted about eighty days, as he resigned in Augus...

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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Yixing

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Porcelain

Fine German 19th Century Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Potpourri Urn Vase
Fine German 19th Century Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Potpourri Urn Vase

Fine German 19th Century Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Potpourri Urn Vase

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Early Work: The first type of ware produced by Böttger was a refined and extremely hard red stoneware known as "Böttger ware" in English (in German: Böttgersteinzeug). This copied...

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19th Century German Regency Revival Antique Yixing

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

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Yixing glazed herb jars

Yixing glazed herb jars

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H 5.5 in Dm 6 in

Yixing glazed herb jars

Located in Fresno, CA

Set of three Yixing stoneware glazed herb jars. Probably late Qing period, late 19th century.

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19th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Chinese Yixing Enameled Teapot and Cover, 19th Century, Qing Dynasty
Chinese Yixing Enameled Teapot and Cover, 19th Century, Qing Dynasty

Chinese Yixing Enameled Teapot and Cover, 19th Century, Qing Dynasty

Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire

Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot, mid-19th century. The large teapot enameled to either side, with panels of flowering plants, between turquoise panels painted with bamboo shoots.

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Silver Saddle and Inscribed Yixing Bowl, 1800s
Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Silver Saddle and Inscribed Yixing Bowl, 1800s

Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Silver Saddle and Inscribed Yixing Bowl, 1800s

Located in Petaluma, CA

This early 19th century Chinese opium pipe has a bamboo body and silver saddle with a jade mouthpiece and cap. The yixing bowl is inscribed in Chinese and decorated with lotus flower...

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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Yixing

Materials

Bamboo

Yixing Teapot, Qing, c.1900
Yixing Teapot, Qing, c.1900

Yixing Teapot, Qing, c.1900

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H 3.75 in W 6.75 in D 4.5 in

Yixing Teapot, Qing, c.1900

Located in Savannah, GA

A Yixing teapot, Qing Dynasty, circa 1900. 6 ¾ inches wide by 4 ¼ inches deep by 3 ¾ inches tall

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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

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Ceramic

Yixing Teapot, Xu Fei Long, 19th Century
Yixing Teapot, Xu Fei Long, 19th Century

Yixing Teapot, Xu Fei Long, 19th Century

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H 3.94 in W 7.49 in L 3.94 in

Yixing Teapot, Xu Fei Long, 19th Century

Located in Greding, DE

Small teapot with square basic shape and green-blue fond on brown clay. The sides with polychrome floral and bird motifs. Small crack in the lid. Maker‘s mark Xu Fei Long stamped on ...

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19th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood Yixing Style Tri Colour Jasper Teapot ca. 1820
Wedgwood Yixing Style Tri Colour Jasper Teapot ca. 1820

Wedgwood Yixing Style Tri Colour Jasper Teapot ca. 1820

Located in Nottingham, GB

Wedgwood Yixing Style Tri Colour Jasper Teapot ca. 1820, with impressed mark to base.

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19th Century Antique Yixing

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese "Wu Nanshi" Zisha / Yixing Clay Foo Lion Censer
Chinese "Wu Nanshi" Zisha / Yixing Clay Foo Lion Censer

Chinese "Wu Nanshi" Zisha / Yixing Clay Foo Lion Censer

Located in Austin, TX

Zisha (lit. purple clay), is a type of yixing clay produced around the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province, China.

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Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Composition, Crystal

Chinese Yixing Terracotta Teapot, circa 1900 China Qing Period
Chinese Yixing Terracotta Teapot, circa 1900 China Qing Period

Chinese Yixing Terracotta Teapot, circa 1900 China Qing Period

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

The Terracotta Teapots of Yixing are called "memory" because the aromas of the infused tea are transmitted to the clay, considered the best in China.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Terracotta

Old or Antique Chinese Porcelain Yixing Red Stoneware Teapot Hall Mark
Old or Antique Chinese Porcelain Yixing Red Stoneware Teapot Hall Mark

Old or Antique Chinese Porcelain Yixing Red Stoneware Teapot Hall Mark

Located in Wilton, CT

Old or antique Chinese porcelain Yixing stoneware teapot, circa late 19th/early 20th century.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot marbled decoration 6 Char mark, Qing Circa 1890
Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot marbled decoration 6 Char mark, Qing Circa 1890

Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot marbled decoration 6 Char mark, Qing Circa 1890

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

This is an antique Chinese hand potted Red Clay YIXING Teapot and cover, fully marked, which we date to the late Qing period, Circa 1890, or possibly earlier.

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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Clay, Stoneware

A 19th Century Chinese Junyao Style Scholar's Vase
A 19th Century Chinese Junyao Style Scholar's Vase

A 19th Century Chinese Junyao Style Scholar's Vase

Located in Astoria, NY

A 19th Century Chinese Junyao style glaze (Flambe) over clay Scholar's vase (scroll-holder) from Yixing Good condition with age appropriate wear.

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19th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Bamboo Cloth Teapot, c. 1900
Chinese Bamboo Cloth Teapot, c. 1900

Chinese Bamboo Cloth Teapot, c. 1900

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H 4.5 in W 5.5 in D 3.25 in

Chinese Bamboo Cloth Teapot, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

The teapot has a squat, rounded form and a dark brown finish, reminiscent of Yixing red clay teapots. Appealing to the popular appreciation for natural forms, the underside was left ...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Bamboo

Early 20th Century Chinese Opium Pipe on Stand
Early 20th Century Chinese Opium Pipe on Stand

Early 20th Century Chinese Opium Pipe on Stand

Located in Chicago, IL

An early 20th century Chinese tortoise shell opium pipe with jade mouthpiece and Yixing pottery bowl, mounted on custom steel stand.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Jade

Antique Chinese Silver Tea Caddy, circa 1900
Antique Chinese Silver Tea Caddy, circa 1900

Antique Chinese Silver Tea Caddy, circa 1900

Located in London, GB

In time, among Chinese tea connoisseurs, it was considered that a Yixing teapot made the perfect tea drink; a belief that carries through to the present day.

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19th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Silver

Chinese Hexagonal Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Chinese Hexagonal Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900

Chinese Hexagonal Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This unusual object is an early 20th century opium pipe bowl, sculpted of fine yixing red clay to a squat, six-sided form and fitted with a brass collar.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Brass

Chinese Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Chinese Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850

Chinese Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

This unusual object is a 19th century opium pipe bowl, beautifully sculpted of yixing red clay to a thin, discus form. Devoid of ornamentation, the refined pipe bowl is decorated onl...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Lacquered Opium Pipe Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Chinese Lacquered Opium Pipe Bowl Stand, c. 1900

Chinese Lacquered Opium Pipe Bowl Stand, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This tabletop display stand was once used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable element of the opium pipe often made of fine materials such as jade, yixi...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850
Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850

Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

The petite box was originally used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable element of the opium pipe often made of fine materials such as jade, yixing red ...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Marble

19th Century Thai Royal Silver and Enamel Water-Pot, Tan Yue He, circa 1880
19th Century Thai Royal Silver and Enamel Water-Pot, Tan Yue He, circa 1880

19th Century Thai Royal Silver and Enamel Water-Pot, Tan Yue He, circa 1880

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Such water-pots (also known as kanam) were used to retain boiling water that would be poured into the Yixing (earthenware teapot) to brew the tea. (Thai silver & nielloware, Paul Bro...

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19th Century Thai Antique Yixing

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Chinese Yixing Teapot with Painted Enamel Designs Signed
Chinese Yixing Teapot with Painted Enamel Designs Signed

Chinese Yixing Teapot with Painted Enamel Designs Signed

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

A very fine antique Chinese Yixing teapot decorated in the famille verte palette with a lion dog and precious object dating from the 18th or early 19th century.

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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Clay

Chinese Inscribed Pewter Encased Yixing Stoneware Teapot, Qing Dynasty
Chinese Inscribed Pewter Encased Yixing Stoneware Teapot, Qing Dynasty

Chinese Inscribed Pewter Encased Yixing Stoneware Teapot, Qing Dynasty

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A Chinese inscribed pewter-encased Yixing stoneware teapot Qing dynasty, 19th century Measures, 3 3/8 in.,(8.5 cm.) high base: 3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.,(8 x 8.4 cm.)

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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Yixing

Materials

Pewter

Chinese Yixing Zisha Glazed Pottery Scholars Box Jun De Seal, 19th Century
Chinese Yixing Zisha Glazed Pottery Scholars Box Jun De Seal, 19th Century

Chinese Yixing Zisha Glazed Pottery Scholars Box Jun De Seal, 19th Century

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

An unusual antique Chinese Yixing zisha red clay pottery scholars box comprising of three compartments, one glazed in white and two glazed in green.

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Other Antique Yixing

Materials

Pottery

Set of Two Opium Bowls
Set of Two Opium Bowls

Set of Two Opium Bowls

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H 2.25 in Dm 2.25 in

Set of Two Opium Bowls

Located in Chicago, IL

The other is an early 20th century opium pipe bowl, sculpted of fine Yixing red clay to a squat, six-sided form and fitted with a brass collar.

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Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Yixing

Materials

Clay

Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900
Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900

Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900

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H 4.25 in W 5.75 in D 3.75 in

Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

The teapot has a squat, rounded form and a dark brown finish, reminiscent of Yixing red clay teapots. Appealing to the popular appreciation for natural forms, the underside was left ...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900
Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900

Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900

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H 3.5 in W 5 in D 3.5 in

Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

The teapot has a squat, rounded form and a dark brown finish, reminiscent of Yixing red clay teapots. Appealing to the popular appreciation for natural forms, the underside was left ...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Yixing

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Yixing Vase with Knotted Rope
Chinese Yixing Vase with Knotted Rope

Chinese Yixing Vase with Knotted Rope

Located in New York, NY

This Chinese Yixing vase is made of unglazed zisha stoneware ceramic, finely modeled, double gourd in form with a tied and knotted rope around its waist and a foliate spring descendi...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Quartz

A Chinese Enammeled Yixing Stonewear Teapot and Cover, Qing Dynasty
A Chinese Enammeled Yixing Stonewear Teapot and Cover, Qing Dynasty

A Chinese Enammeled Yixing Stonewear Teapot and Cover, Qing Dynasty

Located in London, GB

A Chinese enamelled Yixing stoneware teapot and cover, late Qing dynasty, the globular body decorated with polychrome peony sprays and butterfly beneath a wicker handle, impressed se...

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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century German Pottery Teapot, in the Chinese manner
19th Century German Pottery Teapot, in the Chinese manner

19th Century German Pottery Teapot, in the Chinese manner

Located in London, west Sussex

Yixing teapots are meant for use with black and oolong teas, as well as aged pǔ’ěr tea.

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Late 19th Century German Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

China, Zisha Teapot, Daoguang Period, 1840
China, Zisha Teapot, Daoguang Period, 1840

China, Zisha Teapot, Daoguang Period, 1840

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H 3.94 in W 7.09 in D 3.75 in

China, Zisha Teapot, Daoguang Period, 1840

Located in Paris, FR

China, a zisha tea pot, pewter and jade over a Yixing teapot. Poem and signature by You Xiangming.

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19th Century Chinese Antique Yixing

Materials

Jade, Pewter

Pair of Japanese Meiji Tokoname Ceramic Lamps
Pair of Japanese Meiji Tokoname Ceramic Lamps

Pair of Japanese Meiji Tokoname Ceramic Lamps

By Tokoname

Located in New York, NY

This pair of late nineteenth century Japanese Meiji period ceramic vases are each quatrefoil lobed cylindrical in form with blackened dragons amidst clouds in relief on a red earthen...

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19th Century Japanese Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Japanese Meiji Tokoname Ceramic Lamps
Pair of Japanese Meiji Tokoname Ceramic Lamps

Pair of Japanese Meiji Tokoname Ceramic Lamps

By Tokoname

Located in New York, NY

This pair of late nineteenth century Japanese Meiji period ceramic vases are each quatrefoil lobed cylindrical in form with blackened dragons amidst clouds in relief on a red earthen...

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19th Century Japanese Antique Yixing

Materials

Ceramic

Staffordshire Stoneware Redware "Chinese" Moulded Hexagonal Teapot
Staffordshire Stoneware Redware "Chinese" Moulded Hexagonal Teapot

Staffordshire Stoneware Redware "Chinese" Moulded Hexagonal Teapot

Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE

The hexagonal shape with the diapered ground of squared off scrolls is most likely inspired from Chinese Yixing stoneware which dates back to the 15th century.

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1760s English Antique Yixing

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

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Antique Yixing For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique yixing available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, clay and pottery, every antique yixing was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique yixing, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century.

How Much is a Antique Yixing?

Prices for an antique yixing can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $295 and can go as high as $9,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,199.