A rare Chinese Yixing teapot and cover 18th century

A rare Chinese Yixing teapot and cover 18th century, the duanni body modelled as bamboo, the knop, spout and handle formed as branches and with a leaf sprig to the cover, decorated with darker brown spots (xiang fei zhu), unmarked, 15.8cm. (2)

Cf. P Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, nos.269-271 for related examples. And also E Ströber, La Maladie de Porcelaine, p.118, no.51.

十八世紀  宜興段泥紫砂仿湘妃竹壺