A SMALL CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER

FOUR CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820

The compressed pear-shaped body with a loop handle and slender spout, the base impressed with a seal mark reading Jiaqing nian zhi, 9.2cm. (2)

Cf. W Janhua, Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace Museum, p.111, no.51 for a teapot in a similar shape with the same mark.